Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 09:57:59 -0700 From: Jason Helfman <jhelfman@e-e.com> To: Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com> Cc: masayoshi <rockstar01@y7mail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-update (custom kernel) Message-ID: <20111103165759.GE25517@eggman.experts-exchange.com> In-Reply-To: <CAHu1Y73kgrS-C5NHbNc3P0FLU-fuADON_iMiuRNUbPxGZRF_xQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <1320335356.50710.YahooMailClassic@web122206.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <20111103161340.GC25517@eggman.experts-exchange.com> <CAHu1Y71q3vTy6ZHA68mc9hDbc7TqRw%2BbiB_tdwtbNTm8Vn7dxQ@mail.gmail.com> <20111103162654.GD25517@eggman.experts-exchange.com> <CAHu1Y73kgrS-C5NHbNc3P0FLU-fuADON_iMiuRNUbPxGZRF_xQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Nov 03, 2011 at 09:42:12AM -0700, Michael Sierchio thus spake: >This is simply not the case. freebsd-update works on the basis of >cryptographic hashes on the binaries. It is, after all, a binary >update program. If it detects a custom kernel, it will not update the >kernel, but updates userland programs. It doesn't *care* what your >kernel config name is, it really doesn't matter. > >Kernel update becomes a manual operation, which requires fetching >sources from the SECURITY branch. > I'm not disagreeing with you, and I know what it does. I happen to run a slew of update servers myself, however if you run your own update server based on your own signatures, it will patch your custom kernel and distribute it, as well. I didn't know it would skip it, though, with the main update servers. Interesting. -- Jason Helfman System Administrator experts-exchange.com http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_4830110.html E4AD 7CF1 1396 27F6 79DD 4342 5E92 AD66 8C8C FBA5
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