From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 4 09:02:12 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63D6B106564A for ; Fri, 4 May 2012 09:02:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matthew@FreeBSD.org) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1:3cd3:cd67:fafa:3d78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2F6B8FC16 for ; Fri, 4 May 2012 09:02:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from seedling.black-earth.co.uk (seedling.black-earth.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1:fa1e:dfff:feda:c0bb]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q44923LS006551 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 4 May 2012 10:02:03 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@FreeBSD.org) X-DKIM: OpenDKIM Filter v2.5.2 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk q44923LS006551 Authentication-Results: smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk/q44923LS006551; dkim=none (no signature); dkim-adsp=none Message-ID: <4FA39B0A.9020009@FreeBSD.org> Date: Fri, 04 May 2012 10:02:02 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:12.0) Gecko/20120428 Thunderbird/12.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mike Brown References: <201205032152.q43LqNZO004512@chilled.skew.org> In-Reply-To: <201205032152.q43LqNZO004512@chilled.skew.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.4.1 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig7161818411F1811B3E96D12F" X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.97.4 at lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: freebsd-update not updating reported patchlevel 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, 04 May 2012 09:02:12 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig7161818411F1811B3E96D12F Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 03/05/2012 22:52, Mike Brown wrote: > For example, with this latest OpenSSL security update, running 'freebsd= -update=20 > fetch' says (among other things) "The following files will be updated a= s part=20 > 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 u= pgrade=20 > 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 --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey --------------enig7161818411F1811B3E96D12F 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/ iEYEARECAAYFAk+jmwoACgkQ8Mjk52CukIz9TwCggEddUprdCPcypA2AMO7nNZCV v2cAn1ga5tWiBvZoG725JHe/yGpN4Cdj =yaHZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig7161818411F1811B3E96D12F--