Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 11:06:20 -0700 From: George Hartzell <hartzell@alerce.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Where are patch releases to 12.0 posted/announced/...? Message-ID: <23815.54940.588108.337263@alice.local>
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Is there a way to know, before fetching updates, whether a system is
up to date (or what the current patch level is for a release)?
E.g. I have a system that I installed from the 12.0 release iso and
I've run through the `freebsd-uppdate {fetch,install}` dance a couple
of times. It now reports itself as this:
```
FreeBSD foo.example.com 12.0-RELEASE-p4 FreeBSD 12.0-RELEASE-p4
GENERIC amd64
```
I'm not sure if it's up to date or not.
In the past I've run `freebsd-update fetch` and examined the output to
decide if I need to `freebsd-update install`. If I postpone the
install (scheduling a convenient time), I always feel a bit awkward,
having an update fetched and sitting there. The only rational reason
for the feeling is worrying what would happen if another update was
release before I got this one installed. And, perhaps I'm just a neat
freak...
Is there a page somewhere that lists the current patch releases of
the current versions?
I've checked:
- the releases page: https://www.freebsd.org/releases
- the 12.0 errata page: https://www.freebsd.org/releases/12.0R/errata.html
- the `freebsd-announce`:
https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-announce/) list, which
has messages about individual issues, but I don't see release
announcements.
I feel like I'm missing something obvious, but....
g.
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