Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:34:30 +0100 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD-update? Message-ID: <20130424203430.e127c9a56fe88f968eed6ad5@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <kl8vjf$nll$1@ger.gmane.org> References: <kl8vjf$nll$1@ger.gmane.org>
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On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:00:47 +0000 (UTC) Walter Hurry <walterhurry@gmail.com> wrote: > When I issue 'freebsd-update fetch install I see this: > ---------------------------------------- > Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 3 mirrors found. > Fetching metadata signature for 9.1-RELEASE from update5.freebsd.org... > done. > Fetching metadata index... done. > Inspecting system... done. > Preparing to download files... done. > > No updates needed to update system to 9.1-RELEASE-p2. > No updates are available to install. > ---------------------------------------- > So if 'No updates (are) needed to update system to 9.1-RELEASE-p2', > how do I actually update to 9.1-RELEASE-p2? > > $ uname -r > 9.1-RELEASE You have updated to 9.1-RELEASE-p2 - but since there have been no kernel changes since 9.1-RELEASE the kernel version message hasn't changed. This could very reasonably be regarded as bug in the update/version reporting process but I wouldn't hold my breath for a fix, as things stand the version reported only changes when the kernel is updated, or if you recompile it after the update. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>
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