Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2015 02:14:46 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 197304] improve feedback of freebsd-update after failure due to missing /boot/kernel Message-ID: <bug-197304-8@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=197304 Bug ID: 197304 Summary: improve feedback of freebsd-update after failure due to missing /boot/kernel Product: Base System Version: 9.3-RELEASE Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Only Me Priority: --- Component: bin Assignee: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Reporter: krichter@posteo.de If `/boot/kernel` doesn't exist and `freebsd-update fetch` is invoked, the command fails with the error message `Cannot identify running kernel`. It would be much more helpful to append the reason. This is discussed in https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/cannot-identify-running-kernel.43329/ with a reference to the relevant code. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
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