From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 18 21:10:39 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 A82D4106567C for ; Fri, 18 Nov 2011 21:10:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tomc@bio.umass.edu) Received: from marlin.bio.umass.edu (marlin.bio.umass.edu [128.119.55.19]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61D988FC1B for ; Fri, 18 Nov 2011 21:10:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [172.30.55.86] (neutopia.bio.umass.edu [128.119.55.8]) (authenticated bits=0) by marlin.bio.umass.edu (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id pAILAYEw012448 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:10:38 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <4EC6C9CA.1010105@bio.umass.edu> Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:10:34 -0500 From: Tom Carpenter User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.23) Gecko/20110922 Lightning/1.0b2 Thunderbird/3.1.15 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> <4EC6C506.2090206@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4EC6C506.2090206@infracaninophile.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.6 (marlin.bio.umass.edu [128.119.55.19]); Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:10:38 -0500 (EST) X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.68 on 128.119.55.19 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 21:10:39 -0000 So, I've run freebsd-update fetch/install a few times since I posed my original question, but my system remains at 8.2-RELEASE-p3. Have I done all that I should to get word to those that would be able to correct the problem? Is there communication channel I should use to report this? On 11/18/2011 03:50 PM, Matthew Seaman wrote: > 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. >