From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 2 19:27:05 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAE25525 for ; Wed, 2 Jan 2013 19:27:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kudzu@tenebras.com) Received: from mail-oa0-f44.google.com (mail-oa0-f44.google.com [209.85.219.44]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97ED31EDB for ; Wed, 2 Jan 2013 19:27:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-oa0-f44.google.com with SMTP id n5so13454412oag.3 for ; Wed, 02 Jan 2013 11:26:59 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=vz3kxKKr/YUMUjNCIfdTFNiU9suzbmkkCj2SlpmBr/E=; b=RKPXKKIPZraXJq6OTIhewUptsZ02+57YmErggikRBNxhUrQt/P/h4xuRrwABpALJia Coa6JdaJGOQyGOh2ny9mQDdV4tA56eX5Eh+kipptECSDVbxJkqVsktyIERgmVPXrY++e 2H/JToGC3uUGjYltGC6dAe7zR4MorS29Yk+FcnyJybMMQeBeTHHZk9++jdu805VV6ZCQ GpWgaubcL+XlS2bzvJAwKOynPgrzn4rTKitlh690+AutRkpWJV4/ZhJ9p9/Rt/EVBOLL uOP/fMpG6U/TPJahonKak7B0q0c8ovYqlofswpp6bjLWI8jG9WsWld9UKZS7+x/pmFYj sYag== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.60.24.97 with SMTP id t1mr26022458oef.6.1357154819146; Wed, 02 Jan 2013 11:26:59 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.60.119.9 with HTTP; Wed, 2 Jan 2013 11:26:59 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <50E4880E.8030105@gmail.com> References: <50E4724E.9050706@gmail.com> <50E4880E.8030105@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2013 11:26:59 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: freebsd-update patches custom /boot/kernel/kernel which it should not From: Michael Sierchio To: andreas scherrer X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkVJicu2HeagR3OwlT7kfF5Nw3v7K6FsTrVqX85t82UiII/ngVx7r06kXOjEuQwx7oDvcV1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: Paul Schmehl , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2013 19:27:05 -0000 On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 11:18 AM, andreas scherrer wrote: This is no longer true, though it was true at the time that was written... ----- > However, freebsd-update will detect and update the GENERIC kernel in > /boot/GENERIC (if it exists), even if it is not the current (running) > kernel of the system. > This is no longer true, though it was true at the time > ----- > > Furthermore if I remove the kernel option from the COMPONENTS in > freebsd-update.conf I think I will not get the kernel source patches > anymore, right? Which in turn means I have to get them via some other > mechanism, no? > > No. If you have Components src world you'll get all sources - which you want, presumably, since /usr/src/sys changes are sometimes motivated by security vulnerabilities.. - M