Re: FreeBSD Patch question

From: Pawel Jakub Dawidek (nick_at_garage.freebsd.pl)
Date: 09/26/03

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    Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 16:39:35 +0200
To: Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org>

    On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 04:13:30PM -0400, Robert Watson wrote:
    +> > I administer a remote server and want to apply some of the security
    +> > patches. (I assume this is the best way to go since I can't go into
    +> > single-user mode to use CVsup).
    +>
    +> I generally follow the following practice:
    +>
    +> cvsup in multiuser
    +> buildworld in multiuser
    +> buildkernel in multiuser

    IMHO installkernel in multiuser is safe to as long as you don't need to
    load any kernel modules after this step. 

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Pawel Jakub Dawidek                       pawel@dawidek.net
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