Re: How to find out which patches are in a "patchlevel"

From: Aragon Gouveia (aragon@phat.za.net)
Date: 04/29/02 

From: "Aragon Gouveia" <aragon@phat.za.net>
To: "Galella, Anthony" <anthony.galella@intel.com>, <freebsd-security@freebsd.org>
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 17:42:53 +0200

Heya,

> What I am trying to determine is the following: I want the machine to
be
> on the same patch level as lets say 4.5 RELEASE-p3, where can I look
(docs,
> code, whatever) to see WHICH patches are installed in patchlevel 3. (This
> way I can install just those patches on my system.)

With regards to security, this is a good place to start:
http://www.freebsd.org/security/index.html

The advisories on that page should help you patch/workaround any
vulnerabilities you might have. As for non security related patches, I'm not
sure myself :).

Regards,
Aragon

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