Re: system updates

[Will Senn <will.senn%gmail.com@localhost>]

On 7/24/24 8:12 AM, Martin Husemann wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 24, 2024 at 08:06:05AM -0500, Will Senn wrote:
> > On 7/24/24 7:55 AM, Greg Troxel wrote:
> > > Also, you can use INSTALL-NetBSD from etcmanage, which you might take as
> > > an example and really read it before using it.
> > >         
> > Thanks. I also found this:
> >
> > https://www.netbsd.org/support/security/patches-10.0.html
> >
> > Which seems to indicate that I need to check for security notices on the
> > website and apply them manually by following the notice. That about right?
> >       
> No, the SAs only document minimal steps that you need to do to avoid
> the issue they describe in case you can't do a full update to a "daily"
> build after the branch you are using has been fixed.
>
> Doing a full update is always an alternative.
>
> Martin
>     
    Thanks for the
      explanation. So, I downloaded the USB installer for NetBSD 10.0
      from the website. It's dated 3/28. I take it that this is the
      "formal release" (following
      https://www.netbsd.org/releases/release-map.html). When 10.1 comes
      out it will be on the "stable" or "maintenance branch" and 10.0.1,
      if it were to come out would be on the stable "security/critical"
      branch... As a new user, should I be tracking one of these
      branches and if so, how? The manual talks about upgrades, but that
      involves wholesale replacement of the filesets and not just
      updates... or am I reading it wrong.
      
      Thanks again and thanks for bearing with my newbness.
      
      Will