Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 08:40:58 +1300 From: Andrew Thompson <thompsa@FreeBSD.org> To: Eirik ?verby <ltning@anduin.net> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org, Matthew Herzog <matthew.herzog@gmail.com> Subject: Re: freebsd-update Message-ID: <20091202194057.GA94044@citylink.fud.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <AB623B68-FF43-4659-B9C7-ACC9F3C84C04@anduin.net> References: <20091202141116.GM4834@borusse.borussiapark> <4B16A237.9020903@gmail.com> <AB623B68-FF43-4659-B9C7-ACC9F3C84C04@anduin.net>
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On Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 08:13:45PM +0100, Eirik ?verby wrote: > On Dec 2, 2009, at 6:21 PM, Matthew Herzog wrote: > > > On 12/02/2009 09:11 AM, Alex Huth wrote: > >> Hello! > >> > >> Is it no longer possible to update minor 6.x releases to 6.3 or 6.4 with the > >> script mentioned on the announcement off 6.3? > >> > >> http://www.freebsd.org/releases/6.3R/announce.html > >> > >> Using it i get the error: > >> > >> Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 3 mirrors found. > >> Fetching public key from update2.FreeBSD.org... failed. > >> Fetching public key from update5.FreeBSD.org... failed. > >> Fetching public key from update4.FreeBSD.org... failed. > >> No mirrors remaining, giving up. > > > > It fails for me too. I tried to update from 7.2 (i386) to 8.0. > > I got the same error. I tried importing the public key manually and that failed too. > > > > Boo. > Your uname -a will say you're running -STABLE, not -RELEASE-something. This is a result of using source upgrades to anything but RELENG_6_X in the past. Which, in turn, is why freebsd-update fails. > > Move /usr/bin/uname out of the way, create a shell script like so: > > --- > #!/bin/sh > /usr/bin/uname.org $* | sed s/STABLE/RELEASE/g > --- > > and chmod 755 it. Then try again. I know, it's ugly, and it might get you into trouble. But it Worked For Me. > > Oh and I suppose this belongs on the -users or -stable list? For the sake of the archives, uname already supports overriding the info through environment variables. You set UNAME_x were 'x' is the uname flag you want to overwrite (see man page). % uname -r 9.0-CURRENT % export UNAME_r=7.2-RELEASE % uname -r 7.2-RELEASE Andrew
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