Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:59:34 +0300 From: Manolis Kiagias <sonic2000gr@gmail.com> To: booloo@ucsc.edu Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-update says -p3, but i've got -p2 Message-ID: <487BE866.2000309@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20080714233542.GA59789@root.ucsc.edu> References: <20080714233542.GA59789@root.ucsc.edu>
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Mark Boolootian wrote: > Hi folks, > > I've done a couple of fresh installs on 7.0-RELEASE today, and > subsequently run freebsd-update. freebsd-update reports: > > The following files will be updated as part of updating to 7.0-RELEASE-p3: > /boot/kernel/kernel > /boot/kernel/kernel.symbols > /usr/bin/dig > /usr/bin/host > /usr/bin/nslookup > /usr/bin/nsupdate > /usr/include/netinet/tcp.h > /usr/lib/libssh.a > /usr/lib/libssh.so.4 > /usr/lib/libssh_p.a > /usr/sbin/dnssec-signzone > /usr/sbin/lwresd > /usr/sbin/named > /usr/sbin/named-checkconf > /usr/sbin/named-checkzone > /usr/sbin/named-compilezone > /usr/sbin/sshd > /usr/src/sys/conf/newvers.sh > /usr/src/sys/netinet/tcp.h > /usr/src/sys/netinet/tcp_output.c > > which leads me to conclude I've got -p3, including the BIND update. > However 'uname -a' says something else: > > FreeBSD mumble.ucsc.edu 7.0-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE-p2 #0: Wed Jun 18 07:33:20 UTC 2008 root@i386-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 > > And although /usr/sbin/named has been updated, it appears not to have > been upgraded: > > $ /usr/sbin/named -v > BIND 9.4.2 > > Thoughts? > > You've got p3, don't worry. There was no kernel update in p3, hence you got the p2 GENERIC kernel. If you want uname to actually show p3, you will have to recompile your kernel, using something like this (assuming you got the kernel sources installed and intend to keep using GENERIC): cd /usr/src make buildkernel installkernel KERNCONF=GENERIC and then reboot However the only difference will be in the -p number, nothing else so you don't have to do it. FWIW, the /usr/src/sys/conf/newvers.sh contains the -p number you see in uname, and this changes everytime freebsd-update fetches updates - whether they include kernel updates or not. Some people (especially those responsible for large number of machines) will recompile the kernel anyway, so they can easily see their patchlevel using uname.
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