Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:03:54 -0500 From: Robert Simmons <rsimmons0@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 8.2-RELEASE-p4 Message-ID: <CA%2BQLa9AH6QK_ZQVO20kKKGNk-5=qDodp5Tae-AY0Bme9qaTTCg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4EBD4EA8.3000109@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <4EBD2CD8.2040209@charter.net> <4EBD4EA8.3000109@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> wrote: > Judging by the output you showed, you've certainly managed to download > the -p4 binary patch set. =A0The 'No updates needed' message is just > telling you you've already got all the necessary update patchsets > downloaded. =A0The next step is running: > > =A0# freebsd-update install > > which will actually deploy those updates on your live system. =A0Which yo= u > do mention doing. =A0Hmmm... > > You aren't running a custom kernel according to your uname output, so > your kernel image should have been updated. =A0However, you would still > need to reboot after installing the updates. Until you do, programs like > uname that query the currently running kernel image will continue to > show the old version numbers. I would encourage you to please run uname -a on your own box before beating up the newbie. I think I understand where his confusion lies. I checked the output on two of my boxes: # freebsd-update fetch Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 4 mirrors found. Fetching metadata signature for 8.2-RELEASE from update3.FreeBSD.org... don= e. Fetching metadata index... done. Inspecting system... done. Preparing to download files... done. No updates needed to update system to 8.2-RELEASE-p4. # uname -a FreeBSD 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 All my machines are up to current patch level, but show p3 when I run uname= -a. > Note that if a security update is just to some userland programs, > freebsd-update won't touch the OS kernel, so the reported version number > doesn't change even though the update has been applied. =A0In these sort > of cases, it's not necessary to reboot, just to restart any long running > processes (if any) affected by the update. =A0The security advisory shoul= d > have more detailed instructions about exactly what to do. =A0(The -p2 to > -p3 update was like this, but the -p3 to -p4 update definitely did > affect the kernel so a reboot was necessary.) I'm not confident that you are correct here. See above. Either p3-p4 did not touch the kernel, or the OP has a legitimate question.
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