Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2011 23:03:45 +1100 From: andrew clarke <mail@ozzmosis.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Dick Hoogendijk <dick@nagual.nl> Subject: Re: freebsd-update Message-ID: <20111204120345.GA65467@ozzmosis.com> In-Reply-To: <4EDB4625.8070600@nagual.nl> References: <4EDB4625.8070600@nagual.nl>
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On Sun 2011-12-04 11:06:29 UTC+0100, Dick Hoogendijk (dick@nagual.nl) wrote: > Why do I get a warning if I use freebsd-update about a renewal of my > FreeBSD installation within the next two months because after that time > it will nog be supported anymore? Presumably you mean 8.2-RELEASE. http://security.freebsd.org/ says that the estimated EOL (end-of-life) for 8.2-RELEASE is February 29, 2012. Looking at the source code to freebsd-update, the EOL date is fetched from the metadata hosted by the freebsd-update servers. >From what I understand, the focus is on releasing FreeBSD 9.0, and 8.3 will be released after that. But 9.0 is still in testing. Despite the message, I suspect security updates for 8.2 will still be issued for several months after 8.3 is released, to give people plenty of time to test 8.3 first before upgrading their 8.2 machines. > I run FreeBSD-release-p4. Freebsd-update 'sees' p3. Is this the cause? If this is true, you may have a separate (possibly additional) problem, but on my 8.2-RELEASE-p4 system, freebsd-update sees I have p4 installed. I still see the above message you describe. "uname -r" shows p3, however. I understand this is expected behaviour on account of there being no kernel patches between p3 & p4. Regards Andrew
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