Re: updating question (fwd)

From: Keith J Davey (kjdavey_at_gus33.homeip.net)
Date: 12/08/03

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To: Gordon Vrololjak <gvrdolja@nature.Berkeley.EDU>

    I am not sure, but it looks to me that you may not have the sources
    installed on the system. Let me look at your cvsupfile.

    thanks
    Keith

    On Thu, 4 Dec 2003, Gordon Vrololjak wrote:

    > reposting since maybe everyone was on holiday when I posted earlier?
    > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    > Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 10:12:45 -0800 (PST)
    >
    > Hello,
    > I'm just starting to play with FreeBSD 5.1. I've set it up, but have a
    > question about security updates. I am more familiar with redhat linux
    > where I check for new rpm's on their update site and then install them
    > using rpm.
    >
    > For BSD, I noticed they have a port collection, which you can update with
    > cvsup. Also they have an errata section on the web where you can download
    > and install security patches. I tried to install the cvs security patch,
    > but after downloading, and following the instructions, it says context
    > diff error... all the error output is below the text of this message.
    >
    > My main question is that I want to run a secure stable system on the
    > internet, running ftp, apache httpd, and some other small apps. What is
    > the method in BSD that I should be using to keep up with the
    > updates/security issues?
    >
    > Thanks for your help. Any advice appreciated.
    >
    > Here is the full text of the error:
    >
    > freebsd# patch < /home/gordon/cvs.patch
    > Hmm... Looks like a new-style context diff to me...
    > The text leading up to this was:
    > --------------------------
    > |Index: contrib/cvs/src/server.c
    > |===================================================================
    > |RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/contrib/cvs/src/server.c,v
    > |retrieving revision 1.13.2.2
    > |diff -c -r1.13.2.2 server.c
    > |*** server.c 28 Oct 2001 21:32:10 -0000 1.13.2.2
    > |--- server.c 4 Feb 2003 13:16:15 -0000
    > --------------------------
    > File to patch:
    > No file found--skip this patch? [n] y
    > Skipping patch...
    > Hunk #1 ignored at 984.
    > Hunk #2 ignored at 999.
    > Hunk #3 ignored at 4738.
    > 3 out of 3 hunks ignored--saving rejects to server.c.rej
    > done
    >
    >
    >
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