From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 30 12:50:01 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@smarthost.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2CE82527 for ; Thu, 30 Jan 2014 12:50:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206c::16:87]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F33481806 for ; Thu, 30 Jan 2014 12:50:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id s0UCo0Ra019062 for ; Thu, 30 Jan 2014 12:50:00 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) id s0UCo0aT019056; Thu, 30 Jan 2014 12:50:00 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 12:50:00 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <201401301250.s0UCo0aT019056@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Mathieu@aragorn.in.absolight.net, "Arnold ; Thu, 30 Jan 2014 12:44:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from prod2.absolight.net (mx3.absolight.net [IPv6:2a01:678:2:100::25]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B29A517B0 for ; Thu, 30 Jan 2014 12:44:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from prod2.absolight.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by prod2.absolight.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B0CABDC64 for ; Thu, 30 Jan 2014 13:44:32 +0100 (CET) Received: from gw.in.absolight.net (gw-ecl.in.absolight.net [79.143.241.69]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "gw.in.absolight.net", Issuer "CA Cert Signing Authority" (not verified)) by prod2.absolight.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id CFEADBDC5D for ; Thu, 30 Jan 2014 13:44:31 +0100 (CET) Received: from aragorn.in.absolight.net (aragorn.in.absolight.net [79.143.241.225]) by gw.in.absolight.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 513F5613D for ; Thu, 30 Jan 2014 13:44:31 +0100 (CET) Received: by aragorn.in.absolight.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id C43271426A2; Thu, 30 Jan 2014 13:44:30 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <20140130124430.C43271426A2@aragorn.in.absolight.net> Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 13:44:30 +0100 (CET) From: Mathieu@aragorn.in.absolight.net, "Arnold List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 12:50:01 -0000 >Number: 186273 >Category: bin >Synopsis: freebsd-update never ends asking for update >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Jan 30 12:50:00 UTC 2014 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Mathieu Arnold >Release: FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE amd64 >Organization: Absolight >Environment: System: FreeBSD cegereal.absolight.com 9.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE #0 r243825: Tue Dec 4 09:23:10 UTC 2012 root@farrell.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 >Description: On FreeBSD 9, if an update ever touches the kernel, it gets shipped with /boot/kernel/linker.hints freebsd-update installs that file, and then notices something changed in /boot/kernel, run kldxref, overwrites the file it just installed. The next time it runs, it thinks that the file has been missed by the update and updates it, overwrites it, and it can go on forever. >How-To-Repeat: # freebsd-update fetch Looking up freebsd-update.absolight.net mirrors... 1 mirrors found. Fetching public key from 1.freebsd-update.absolight.net... done. Fetching metadata signature for 9.1-RELEASE from 1.freebsd-update.absolight.net... done. Fetching metadata index... done. Fetching 2 metadata files... done. Inspecting system... done. Preparing to download files... done. Fetching 1 files... done. The following files will be updated as part of updating to 9.1-RELEASE-p10: /boot/kernel/linker.hints # freebsd-update install Installing updates... done. # freebsd-update fetch Looking up freebsd-update.absolight.net mirrors... 1 mirrors found. Fetching metadata signature for 9.1-RELEASE from 1.freebsd-update.absolight.net... done. Fetching metadata index... done. Inspecting system... done. Preparing to download files... done. The following files will be updated as part of updating to 9.1-RELEASE-p10: /boot/kernel/linker.hints # freebsd-update install Installing updates... done. # freebsd-update fetch Looking up freebsd-update.absolight.net mirrors... 1 mirrors found. Fetching metadata signature for 9.1-RELEASE from 1.freebsd-update.absolight.net... done. Fetching metadata index... done. Inspecting system... done. Preparing to download files... done. The following files will be updated as part of updating to 9.1-RELEASE-p10: /boot/kernel/linker.hints >Fix: The only fix I have found is to remove the file altogether, it stops freebsd-update from trying to reinstall it and overwrite it. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: