Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2009 13:43:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Richard Mahlerwein <mahlerrd@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Freebsd-update question Message-ID: <116853.94145.qm@web51002.mail.re2.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <274961.1501.qm@web51005.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
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Thanks for the help, I figured out the [likely] answer and included it at the bottom. --- On Sat, 8/8/09, Richard Mahlerwein <mahlerrd@yahoo.com> wrote: > From: Richard Mahlerwein <mahlerrd@yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: Freebsd-update question > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Date: Saturday, August 8, 2009, 2:06 PM > [random snippage all over] > > > From: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> > > > Subject: Re: Freebsd-update question > > > On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 10:25 AM, > > > Richard Mahlerwein<mahlerrd@yahoo.com> > > > wrote: > > > mobius# freebsd-update -s update.freebsd.org fetch > > > Looking up update.freebsd.org mirrors... none found. > > > Fetching public key from update.freebsd.org... failed. > > > No mirrors remaining, giving up. > > > > > > mobius# uname -a > > > FreeBSD mobius 7.1-PRERELEASE > > FreeBSD 7.1-PRERELEASE #0: Fri Sep 5 02:34:20 CDT 2008 > > rich@mobius.mahlerwein.homeip.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC > > i386 > > > > > > I was able to get a mirror using: > > > > freebsd-update -r 7.1-PRERELEASE fetch > > > > -- > > Glen Barber > > > > mobius# freebsd-update -r 7.1-PRERELEASE fetch > Looking up update1.FreeBSD.org mirrors... none found. > Fetching public key from update1.FreeBSD.org... failed. > No mirrors remaining, giving up. > > I mean, I'd just update it the old fashioned way, but now > I'm curious (and, let's face it, I've not updated it in > quite a while, so I suspect another day or two won't hurt > any more). I'm about to add a "verbose" option to > freebsd-update and see if I can get it to print out in more > detail what it's actually trying to do... > Found what I believe to be the answer, and yes it's mostly user error. :) Your test above notwithstanding, it seem the PRERELEASE isn't supported for freebsd-update, or at least it's not signed. I found the source to freebsd-update (it's a shell script) and found that there was a way to specify "--debug". So, when I ran... mobius# freebsd-update --debug -s update1.freebsd.org fetch Looking up update1.freebsd.org mirrors... none found. Fetching public key from update1.freebsd.org... fetch: http://update1.freebsd.org/7.1-PRERELEASE/i386/pub.ssl: Not Found failed. That gave me a good lead to follow. Browsing around update1.freebsd.org for a bit leads me to find things under, say, http://update.freebsd.org/7.1-RELEASE/i386/pub.ssl Just not under 7.1-PRERELEASE. I'll update the old fashioned way. NP. I think once I'm off PRERELEASE I'll be able to use freebsd-update.
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