Examples of using Binary Updates

$ uname -spr
NetBSD 1.5.2 i386
$ sh binary-update.NetBSD-1.5.2-i386-SA2001-018-lpd
 This is a binary update for NetBSD-1.5.2-i386-SA2001-018-lpd.
  NetBSD Security Advisory 2001-018
  Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in BSD Line Printer Daemon
  http://msgs.securepoint.com/cgi-bin/get/bugtraq0108/259.html
 usage: binary-update [-ifrvlw]
   -i   install (extract archive)
   -r   reverse changes
   -l   list files in archive
   -w   why? (reference information)

Another example:

# sh binary-update.NetBSD-1.5.2-i386-SA2002-004-ssh -w -l
This is a binary update for NetBSD-1.5.2-i386-SA2002-004-ssh.
 NetBSD Security Advisory 2002-004
 local and remote root exploit - Off-by-one error in openssh session
 http://www.pine.nl/advisories/pine-cert-20020301.html
listing files in archive file:
usr/bin/slogin
usr/bin/ssh
usr/sbin/sshd

Another example

www:~$ sudo sh ./binary-update.NetBSD-1.6-i386-cvs-20030120 -i
Backing up files ...
Made backup directory ./usr/bin/.binary-update/pre-NetBSD-1.6-i386-cvs-20030120
Now extracting new files to /
Install finished.
www:~$ ls -l /usr/bin/cvs
-r-xr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  494284 Jan 23 19:23 /usr/bin/cvs

Logging

$ cat /var/log/binary-updates 
NetBSD-1.5.2-i386-SA2001-018-lpd        Installed       Wed Mar 20 21:26:28 EST 2002
NetBSD-1.5.2-i386-SA2002-006-libc       Installed       Tue Jul 16 18:04:06 EDT 2002
NetBSD-1.5.2-i386-SA2002-006-libc       Reversed        Tue Jul 16 18:05:14 EDT 2002
NetBSD-1.5.2-i386-SA2002-006-libc       Installed       Tue Jul 16 18:05:47 EDT 2002
NetBSD-1.5.2-i386-openssl-20020730      Installed       Tue Jul 30 16:19:44 EDT 2002
NetBSD-1.5.2-i386-openssl-20020730      Reversed        Tue Jul 30 17:02:42 EDT 2002
NetBSD-1.5.2-i386-openssl-20020730      Installed       Tue Jul 30 17:19:28 EDT 2002

NetBSD-1.6-i386-SA2002-027-ftpd Reversed        Tue Nov 19 11:43:34 PST 2002    NetBSD 1.6 i386
NetBSD-1.6-i386-SA2002-027-ftpd Installed       Tue Nov 19 11:43:37 PST 2002    NetBSD 1.6 i386
NetBSD-1.6-i386-SA2002-028-libc Installed       Tue Nov 19 13:52:32 PST 2002    NetBSD 1.6 i386
NetBSD-1.6-i386-cvs-20030120    Installed       Thu Jan 23 23:30:16 PST 2003    NetBSD 1.6 i386