FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-14:19.tcp

[R. Scott Evans]

On 09/16/14 11:07, Zoran Kolic wrote:
> Sorry to make a mistake, regarding the subject!!!
>
>> Systems running a RELEASE version of FreeBSD on the i386 or amd64
>> platforms can be updated via the freebsd-update(8) utility:
>>
>> # freebsd-update fetch
>> # freebsd-update install
>
> This is the question, I was intended to ask, since
> the patch method needs kernel recompile:
> do I need to recompile the kernel after freebsd-update?
> Sorry for the noise
>
>                              Zoran

The advisory solution offers 3 options... freebsd-update is the binary 
approach (option #3) that provides you a new updated generic kernel 
already compiled.  If you aren't using a generic kernel or want to patch 
and recompile your own, then you would use the option #2.

-scott