RE: Question about security updates.

From: Pratt, Benjamin E. (bepratt_at_stcloudstate.edu)
Date: 12/03/03

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    Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 13:20:04 -0600
To: "rotten rottie" <r0tt13@hotmail.com>, <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org>

    rottie -
     
    I'm fairly new to FreeBSD as well (a converted Mandrake user) and I have
    attached my little cheat *** about working with the ports tree and
    running updates.

    >From what I understand, the ports tree is not installed software, it's
    just a list of everything that can be installed and a location to easily
    install it. Just because you have /usr/ports/security/ssh/ in your
    ports tree does not mean that it is installed.

    I hope that my attached file helps. It's just what I've compiled into
    one place from my questions in different discussions and reading
    http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/.

    Good luck,

    Ben

    -----Original Message-----
    From: rotten rottie [mailto:r0tt13@hotmail.com]
    Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 12:21 PM
    To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org
    Subject: Question about security updates.

    I am a linux user that wants to switch to freebsd... I am a bit confused

    about applying updates etc..

    I installed a box for trial it was 5.1, I wanted to see if I could use
    ports
    to update openssh for a test examp. After the port installed I noticed
    that
    another version of openssh was installed on the system. I talked with a
    friend and he said that it was part of usr/src and I could update it by
    compiling the usr.bin version.. which was fine and worked. Here are my
    questions:

    1) if there are two trees(lack of better words) why would ssh exit in
    both
    the system tree and the ports tree ? Wouldnt it be better to have it in
    the
    ports tree ?

    2) I have used gentoo in the past and am curious if there is something
    simular to emerge -up world/system -- I would like to cvs the ports/sys
    and
    then be able to see if anything need upgrading .. is this possible ?

    3) Say there was a update to openssh .. which would be the proper way to

    update .. sync the sys tree and then just update ssh .. or sync the tree
    and
    recompile the system ? or remove the sys version and install the port
    version and update the port ?

    I am very happy with freebsd .. Im still in the exploring stage .. The
    reasons for my questions is that I am a little weary of using freebsd in

    production if I dont easily know when updates are avail, having to
    recompile
    the system everytime I need a patch for a service.

    Thanks for helping me convert,
    rottie

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