From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 8 13:41:13 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E862F1065697 for ; Fri, 8 Jan 2010 13:41:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from b.smeelen@ose.nl) Received: from mail.ose.nl (mail.ose.nl [212.178.134.164]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AE978FC0A for ; Fri, 8 Jan 2010 13:41:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]) by mail.ose.nl for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 8 Jan 2010 14:41:10 +0100 Message-ID: <4B4735F5.5090502@ose.nl> Date: Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:41:09 +0100 From: Bas Smeelen User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20090817) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <8021a2661001080532t54d1a84bn970293954e6b47c2@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <8021a2661001080532t54d1a84bn970293954e6b47c2@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: sec.update 7.2-RELEASE-p6 not showing up X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:41:14 -0000 n dhert wrote=3A =3E FreeBSD7=2E2 system with Generic kernel=2E =3E There was a security update patch release two days ago=3A 7=2E2-RELEASE= -p6 =3E Fetched and installed it with =23 freebsd-update install =3E The files mentionned in the mail that would be replaced by the patch=2C= are =3E replaced =28date has changed=29 =3E Yet=2C after a reboot =28shutdown -r=29=2C =23 uname -a =3E still shows the previous -pX version and the date that this previous on= e was =3E installed =2E=2E=2E =3E Why and how to correct that =3F =3E =3E =20 This is because the kernel is not affected by this update=2C so the kernel= is not updated=2E The patchnumder you see with uname -a is =28hardcoded=29 in the kernel If you rebuild your generic kernel you would see p6 DISCLAIMER=3A This e-mail is for the intended recipient=28s=29 only=2E Access=2C disclosure=2C copying=2C distribution or reliance on any of it by= anyone else is prohibited=2E If you have received it by mistake please let us know by reply and then del= ete it from your system=2E