Date: Fri, 04 May 2012 10:02:02 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <matthew@FreeBSD.org> To: Mike Brown <mike@skew.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: freebsd-update not updating reported patchlevel Message-ID: <4FA39B0A.9020009@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <201205032152.q43LqNZO004512@chilled.skew.org> References: <201205032152.q43LqNZO004512@chilled.skew.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On 03/05/2012 22:52, Mike Brown wrote: > For example, with this latest OpenSSL security update, running 'freebsd-update > fetch' says (among other things) "The following files will be updated as part > of updating to 8.2-RELEASE-p7" and "WARNING: FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE-p3 is > approaching its End-of-Life date. It is strongly recommended that you upgrade > to a newer release within the next 2 months." Aside from the question of the version string embedded in the kernel not being updated which has been addressed elsewhere, this warning seems a bit unclear. It's actually the entire 8.2-RELEASE branch that is approaching EoL, not any specific patchlevel within it. (Individual patchlevels don't have an EoL concept per se: they just last until the next one comes out, or the whole branch goes out of support.) In other words, this message is warning you to update to 8.3-RELEASE or 9.0-RELEASE in the near future. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.16 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk+jmwoACgkQ8Mjk52CukIz9TwCggEddUprdCPcypA2AMO7nNZCV v2cAn1ga5tWiBvZoG725JHe/yGpN4Cdj =yaHZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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