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Date:      Sun, 17 Nov 2024 10:00:20 +0000
From:      Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Kernel and userland patch levels (was: Unable to update to 14.1-p6)
Message-ID:  <751cff37-1b18-4d98-bac9-a0d54d091419@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAN6yY1stBxS5OVeLpZyzBKn%2B=b_jqFqtRsYM1Zx16OC3DWBu8A@mail.gmail.com>
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On 16/11/2024 18:45, Kevin Oberman wrote:
> … I am baffled. A reboot leaves me at p5, but I can't seem to get p6 
> as freebsd-update seems to think it's already installed, but 
> freebsd-version shows:
>
> # freebsd-version -kur
> 14.1-RELEASE-p5
> 14.1-RELEASE-p5
> 14.1-RELEASE-p6
>
> …

Patch levels do frequently baffle people, 
<https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/faq/>; lacks a hint.

The unofficial bokut.in patch level table can sometimes help. In this 
case, <https://bokut.in/freebsd-patch-level-table/#releng/14.1>.

Ask yourselves: did any of the four patches, for level 6, affect a 
kernel file?

hier(7) 
<https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=hier&sektion=7&manpath=freebsd-release>;





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