Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 12:32:35 -0500 From: Dutch Ingraham <stoa@gmx.us> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD-update Message-ID: <54B2B3B3.7010104@gmx.us> In-Reply-To: <BLU436-SMTP2326B7FB0BB5812996B4E7A80420@phx.gbl> References: <BLU436-SMTP2326B7FB0BB5812996B4E7A80420@phx.gbl>
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On 01/11/15 12:14, Carmel NY wrote: > Okay, I am confused. I just read the literature at: > https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-EN-14:13.freebsd-update.asc > > The output of uname on my machine is: > FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE #0 r274401: Tue Nov 11 21:02:49 UTC 2014 > > This is after I just ran freebsd-update (both fetch and install). It doesn't > look my my system was updated as shown on the web page. > > I then read the info from the URL posted above. > > My question is, do I have to make the changes the the "freebsd-update.conf" > file before I run "freebsd-update"? The components line reads: > > # Components of the base system which should be kept updated. > Components src world kernel > > Do I have to follow these instructions from the web page: > > IV. Workaround > > The first issue is strictly speaking a configuration error. To > address it, update /etc/freebsd-update.conf to reflect the set of > components that are installed on the system. Specifically, replace > "world" on the Components line with "world/base", and add "world/doc" > and / or "world/games" if those those components were selected during > installation. > > The second issue is harmless and can safely be ignored. A workaround > has been put in place on the freebsd-update(8) build server so the error > will not occur while installing the update that corrects it. > > I cannot afford to make my system "unbootable", so unless I am sure of what I > am doing, I would rather just leave it alone for now. > Before you mess with any configurations, run <freebsd-version -ku>. The security updates come in two parts - one (the -k) relates to kernel updates; the other (the -u) relates to userland updates. For example, on my up-to-date 10.1-RELEASE amd64, I get: 10.1-RELEASE 10.1-RELEASE-p3 <uname -a> shows the kernel part.
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