Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:34:10 +0300 From: Manolis Kiagias <sonic2000gr@gmail.com> To: Zbigniew Szalbot <z.szalbot@lc-words.com> Cc: User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: freebsd-update and more information Message-ID: <4868D2C2.8030409@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4868D011.3080100@lc-words.com> References: <4868D011.3080100@lc-words.com>
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Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: > Dear all, > > I read man freebsd-update but it has not answered my questions. That > is, after I have issued freebsd-update fetch/install, where can I find > information about if the installed updates require recompiling the > kernel or system restart? > > Thank you in advance! > Not all updates include kernel updates, some are just userland. If you are running a GENERIC, unomdified (from CD) kernel, this will be updated in the process. freebsd-update shows you a list of updated files, and will also show /boot/kernel/kernel if this is updated. You will also see source files in /usr/src/sys being updated on a kernel update. Since I always run custom kernels, I just watch for changes in /usr/src/sys. If there are updates there and you are running a custom kernel, you will have to recompile it. Otherwise you don't have to. The uname -a command will still report a previous -p<version> until you recompile though.
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