From owner-freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 10 07:40:09 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-i386@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 690511065675 for ; Thu, 10 Nov 2011 07:40:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCCFF8FC1B for ; Thu, 10 Nov 2011 07:40:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id pAA7e8RY084701 for ; Thu, 10 Nov 2011 07:40:08 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id pAA7e8wh084700; Thu, 10 Nov 2011 07:40:08 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 07:40:08 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <201111100740.pAA7e8wh084700@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Tom Carpenter Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4508E106566B for ; Thu, 10 Nov 2011 07:37:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from red.freebsd.org (red.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::22]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34E778FC08 for ; Thu, 10 Nov 2011 07:37:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from red.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by red.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id pAA7bO9G080975 for ; Thu, 10 Nov 2011 07:37:24 GMT (envelope-from nobody@red.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by red.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id pAA7bOah080974; Thu, 10 Nov 2011 07:37:24 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <201111100737.pAA7bOah080974@red.freebsd.org> Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 07:37:24 GMT From: Tom Carpenter To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.1 Cc: Subject: i386/162427: 8.2-RELEASE-p4 X-BeenThere: freebsd-i386@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: I386-specific issues for FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 07:40:09 -0000 >Number: 162427 >Category: i386 >Synopsis: 8.2-RELEASE-p4 >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-i386 >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: update >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Nov 10 07:40:08 UTC 2011 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Tom Carpenter >Release: 8.2-RELEASE-p3 >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD hopalong.dognet.home 8.2-RELEASE-p3 FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE-p3 #0: Tue Sep 27 18:07:27 UTC 2011 root@i386-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >Description: Running "freebsd-update fetch" I get the following output: ===== hopalong# freebsd-update fetch Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 4 mirrors found. Fetching metadata signature for 8.2-RELEASE from update5.FreeBSD.org... done. Fetching metadata index... done. Inspecting system... done. Preparing to download files... done. No updates needed to update system to 8.2-RELEASE-p4. ===== I'm new to FreeBSD and after looking through the FreeBSD website I think I may have answered my question, but thought I would say that the message "No updates needed to update system to 8.2-RELEASE-p4" seems a little contradictory: if "8.2-RELEASE-p4" isn't relevant for my FreeBSD installation why even mention it. As far as answering my question, i.e. 'how does one install 8.2-RELEASE-p4 on a system running 8.2-RELEASE-p3', if I understand the relevant security advisory, http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-11:05.unix.asc it looks like "8.2-RELEASE-p4" is an update for source, consequently, I'm getting the output that I am from freebsd-update because I don't have any source installed on my system. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: