FreeBSD source auto patcher script

From: Michael Vince (michael_at_roq.com)
Date: 03/04/04

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To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org

    Hi all
    I thought I would let you people know of a script that I coded that
    facilitates security patch updating on FreeBSD. When I wrote it I
    decided to called it Quickpatch for some reason even though because its
    source based its not necessarily the least bit quick at all :) I had
    kept it for my self for a while but I was recently provoked to release
    it as it could do greater good being out there on the net, because its
    in Perl its quite hackable for custom needs.

    http://www.roq.com/projects/quickpatch/

    It has the ability to do a range of different update tasks. These
    features include the ability to easily verify (using PGP) any and all
    advisories, easy setup and use of CVSUP for source and ports tree
    updates. Ability to extract all the useful data out of the official
    FreeBSD security advisories, such as necessary patch commands, security
    advisory topic, exact hours since the patch was made/released, then can
    create ready to run patch files or display/email a full report of that
    information. Also, it can optionally apply the patch files with no
    attendance. Because its highly cronable you can schedule in a 'patch
    mode' kernel recompile and reboot at early morning hours to minimize
    down time inconvenience to others.

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