Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 05:49:34 -0600 From: LuKreme <kremels@kreme.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-update wants to update to version I'm running Message-ID: <25A3D0D5-AE4D-4A92-90EA-E1D8188B9401@kreme.com> In-Reply-To: <531D1D5B.104@bluerosetech.com> References: <BC107994-4DAE-4BC3-B805-0CD5D54A78F4@kreme.com> <531D1D5B.104@bluerosetech.com>
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On 09 Mar 2014, at 20:03 , Darren Pilgrim = <list_freebsd@bluerosetech.com> wrote: > On 3/9/2014 6:43 PM, LuKreme wrote: >> # uname -a >> FreeBSD ns1.covisp.net 8.4-RELEASE-p7 FreeBSD 8.4-RELEASE-p7 #0: Sat = Jan 11 01:45:47 UTC 2014 root@amd64-builde >> r.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 >> # freebsd-update -r 9.0-RELEASE fetch >> Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 5 mirrors found. >> Fetching metadata signature for 8.4-RELEASE from = update2.freebsd.org... done. >> Fetching metadata index... done. >> Inspecting system... done. >> Preparing to download files... done. >>=20 >> The following files will be updated as part of updating to = 8.4-RELEASE-p7: >> ^C >>=20 >> I get the same when I try without a -r setting as well. >=20 > The -r flag only applies to the 'upgrade' command. Ah, ok. What does fetch do then? It seems odd that it would fetch files for the = current version you already have installed, doesn=92t it? =93Fetches updates from server=94 is indicating what updates? --=20 Wherever the worm turns, he is still a worm.
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