From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 30 12:34:14 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8CC61065682 for ; Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:34:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonic2000gr@gmail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.187]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6379F8FC19 for ; Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:34:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonic2000gr@gmail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id h3so472448nfh.33 for ; Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:34:14 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=cimBW65/QboquI6PDhttOs4CLnhAvrVnbiNeVf2nqpY=; b=xcwrTCiv7o0t1UcLvl8iHnW5FTA40/F7XTIA2NlVbj3/4Ip9GwOqk9p/W5WCmVXP05 8wCKmGld/MDFLl+RUenV9IQSzZlCDGtRdQVSsmAXio1Jpu+Y4SGtKJzIgoDaApwT0rvG GoaQE/MbpW7g9w8i/yDWJQFfcZiCWh6VERORs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=iWoUlumPGqlCovRMUfCLaiBPiOUqLJ69VJQwLcwD6R/0eCWdztxiB54idA8Vq/KDZm pUq3WrXKU01nNv/XDj1MO4OhQqsl8SIbV5vJLtQinMF3TWupRB/zhDqDnZlpmFcV3Wlh 8t9LTMO1hzFa8g2Nuc/nyFyg/3JS51rIE12UM= Received: by 10.210.129.10 with SMTP id b10mr4150053ebd.25.1214829254015; Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:34:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from atlantis.dyndns.org ( [85.72.90.75]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id h6sm653481nfh.29.2008.06.30.05.34.12 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:34:13 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4868D2C2.8030409@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:34:10 +0300 From: Manolis Kiagias User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080607) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Zbigniew Szalbot References: <4868D011.3080100@lc-words.com> In-Reply-To: <4868D011.3080100@lc-words.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-2; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: User Questions Subject: Re: freebsd-update and more information X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:34:14 -0000 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 until you recompile though.