From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 18 20:50:28 2011 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 EB344106566B for ; Fri, 18 Nov 2011 20:50:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1:3fd3:cd67:fafa:3d78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 790338FC08 for ; Fri, 18 Nov 2011 20:50:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from seedling.black-earth.co.uk (seedling.black-earth.co.uk [81.187.76.163]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id pAIKoLWq012788 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 18 Nov 2011 20:50:21 GMT (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) X-DKIM: OpenDKIM Filter v2.4.1 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk pAIKoLWq012788 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infracaninophile.co.uk; s=201001-infracaninophile; t=1321649421; bh=VuGswpHEwq33P8sX1L5sglgsJWm17dyVVhjlWWyTyFQ=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:MIME-Version:To:Subject:References: In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Cc; b=yHjrEGHPIv4EutY9/JQqGLcCeSYAXqSCvGumjKd4s0o+EIonFOnyxFUmu660NtPhh OCmQ6sLV8F3/F68BhIDu56jtFF9/YZ6rXQV43vgVXT9krj7iXq93EOemwSwCMclCJ6 Ali1a5dlljaZ896ALTXLi5qOvGGTVZQZd6HQUXDI= Message-ID: <4EC6C506.2090206@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 20:50:14 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:8.0) Gecko/20111105 Thunderbird/8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <005301cca2b7$add11f20$09735d60$@co.ke> <4EC13877.3070704@bio.umass.edu> <4EC6BC2F.5030907@bio.umass.edu> In-Reply-To: <4EC6BC2F.5030907@bio.umass.edu> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.3.3 OpenPGP: id=60AE908C Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig925EE7951DDE7CC4A57D16BF" X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.97.3 at lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,SPF_FAIL autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk Subject: Re: 8.2-RELEASE-p4 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: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 20:50:28 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig925EE7951DDE7CC4A57D16BF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 18/11/2011 20:12, Tom Carpenter wrote: > Is it not possible/not intended for kernels to be updated via > freebsd-update? If kernels can be updated via freebsd-update > will there be a release of an fix/update that will allow systems > to be patched/updated to -p4 or later? freebsd-update will certainly update your kernel for you, so long as you are using a standard GENERIC kernel from the install media or from a previous freebsd-update iteration. If you compile your own kernel, then freebsd-update will patch the kernel sources, but leave you to rebuild and reinstall your customized kernel. I don't know about the -p4 update. By rights it should have involved updating the kernel by one or other of the two methods shown. So far however, we've seen two reports questioning that[*] and none saying that the -p4 update did in fact update the kernel. Which is suspicious, but hardly conclusive. Cheers, Matthew [*] Stranger things have happened than admins compiling their own GENERIC kernels and then mistakenly thinking they were actually using the standard one from the install media[+]. Seeing a positive "it updated for me" would settle the question definitively. [+] Not that I believe for one minute that anyone in this thread is sufferring from that sort of memory lapse. --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate JID: matthew@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW --------------enig925EE7951DDE7CC4A57D16BF Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.16 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk7GxQ0ACgkQ8Mjk52CukIyzkQCbBpRlWiPUR/AqRURmfrqBX9fM vaUAoICcsPYIZ5GUZr9MBimxVv5s4w1x =xINs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig925EE7951DDE7CC4A57D16BF--