Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2022 06:43:50 +1100 From: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> To: paul beard <paulbeard@gmail.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: what am I missing RE: freebsd-update? Message-ID: <CB40E55B-6EAF-4A9E-B768-5CFCA06A090A@nimnet.asn.au> In-Reply-To: <CAMtcK2pNxAV72V0rm36UALDcRdG2J9Tv_3Q7UaQHKEqFMEm_uw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAMtcK2pNxAV72V0rm36UALDcRdG2J9Tv_3Q7UaQHKEqFMEm_uw@mail.gmail.com>
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On 2 December 2022 2:35:43 am AEDT, paul beard <paulbeard@gmail=2Ecom> wrot= e: > I am running 12=2E3-RELEASE-p6 and ran freebsd-update fetch and > freebsd-update install and I get this after the cycle ran: >=20 > No updates needed to update system to 12=2E3-RELEASE-p10=2E > No updates are available to install=2E Looks like your previous update took userland to p10 already=2E I'd not updated since 4th November and had seen the SA and errata the othe= r day, so just did so: # freebsd-version -kru 12=2E3-RELEASE-p6 12=2E3-RELEASE-p6 12=2E3-RELEASE-p10 So, no change to the installed or running kernel, just userland=2E > I have rebooted, thinking that it was necessary to load a new kernel > and > all the bits=2E Still on p6=E2=80=A6 Yes=2E To see the changes to userland for last several updates, I suggest= : # ls -lrtR /var/db/freebsd-update | less > I see this in /boot so something happened=E2=80=A6I guess p10 was relea= sed on > Sep > 29? > drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 20480 Sep 29 07:17 kernel > drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 20480 Dec 1 06:52 kernel=2Eold No, going on mine I expect Sep 29 was when you last did an update that _di= d_ update the kernel (to -p6)=2E Here it's Sep 24, for a bunch of loader, = boot and kernel files, and a few =2Eko in /boot/kernel/kernel > All new =2Eko stuff there as well=2E So why is the old kernel dated tod= ay > but > not what I assume to be the new one if all the ko files are dated > today=2E File dates from ls are last modified, probably creation dates on your syst= em, ie installation date=2E I expect you'll find the latest file in kernel=2Eold/ is '=2Efreebsd-updat= e', the addition of which of course updated the directory entry /boot/kerne= l=2Eold/ > How do I get freebsd-update to actually install updates? The man page > doesn't help me very much=2E Again, see /var/db/freebsd-update cheers, Ian
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