From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 19 16:50:34 2008 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 5D38410656D1 for ; Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:50:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (gate6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B921B8FC17 for ; Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:50:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m6JGoKvx094527; Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:50:27 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.6.0 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk m6JGoKvx094527 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=infracaninophile.co.uk; s=200708; t=1216486227; bh=Mw2CYPeKKK2u89 8ZCHXYJr1bhEgyCwcA/AQQvP4Y7OA=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:MIME-Version: To:CC:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Cc:Content-Type: Date:From:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:Mime-Version:References:To; z=Mes sage-ID:=20<48821B43.6000104@infracaninophile.co.uk>|Date:=20Sat,=2 019=20Jul=202008=2017:50:11=20+0100|From:=20Matthew=20Seaman=20|Organization:=20Infracaninophile|User -Agent:=20Thunderbird=202.0.0.14=20(X11/20080607)|MIME-Version:=201 .0|To:=20Manolis=20Kiagias=20|CC:=20David=20 Newman=20,=20=0D=0A=20freebsd-questions@fr eebsd.org|Subject:=20Re:=20freebsd-update=20says=20-p3,=20but=20i'v e=20got=20-p2|References:=20<20080714233542.GA59789@root.ucsc.edu>= 09<487BE866.2000309@gmail.com>=09<488188C2.5090705@gmail.com>=20<48 82038F.6060805@networktest.com>=20<488208A0.8040004@gmail.com>|In-R eply-To:=20<488208A0.8040004@gmail.com>|X-Enigmail-Version:=200.95. 6|Content-Type:=20multipart/signed=3B=20micalg=3Dpgp-sha256=3B=0D=0 A=20protocol=3D"application/pgp-signature"=3B=0D=0A=20boundary=3D"- -----------enig33412DD1FAD30686C10A33D9"; b=F6Mil5kH/69xeJ1q7Ik7jkY KxY2lXmHkI+4ztDjCedpZor79bri8vOSu1kp/ojx2nGU2PkR4bSMHjaE3R1srUuNF9V 9h7Ve2znFl/5W4tJ+phQ6D5TCGFBzLOz52g35nJJ6FevhvhpKFpqvhTsLHITAO6d0nL fX9E3hSo6yOOME= Message-ID: <48821B43.6000104@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:50:11 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman Organization: Infracaninophile User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080607) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Manolis Kiagias References: <20080714233542.GA59789@root.ucsc.edu> <487BE866.2000309@gmail.com> <488188C2.5090705@gmail.com> <4882038F.6060805@networktest.com> <488208A0.8040004@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <488208A0.8040004@gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig33412DD1FAD30686C10A33D9" X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0 (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]); Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:50:27 +0100 (BST) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.93.1/7753/Sat Jul 19 14:40:10 2008 on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VERIFIED,NO_RELAYS autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: David Newman , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-update says -p3, but i've got -p2 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: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:50:34 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig33412DD1FAD30686C10A33D9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Manolis Kiagias wrote: > This is not a problem with freebsd-update. The kernel has not changed > between -p2 and -p3, so freebsd-update will not get you an updated > one. If you recompile the kernel afterwards, it will show -p3 because > of the change in /usr/src/sys/conf/newvers.sh (this changes everytime > freebsd-update gets new updates, regardless of whether the kernel is > updated or not). So, simply by recompiling the kernel you will get > the -p3 indication, though nothing much else in this case. I had a thought the other day that it should be possible to to provide the system patch level as data within a very small KLD module. That way = freebsd-update could change the value without having to supply a whole new kernel and without having to reboot. 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