Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2012 11:17:05 +0100 From: Gianni Vialetto <g.vialetto@gmail.com> To: Aristedes Maniatis <ari@ish.com.au> Cc: freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: freebsd-update problems Message-ID: <CAJWAGf%2BzYZqTUgbsPQHtP1SxAyUdO3g%2BzFZH4dtgAA%2Bc7C=m9w@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4F07F0BC.7060309@ish.com.au> References: <4F07F0BC.7060309@ish.com.au>
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2012/1/7 Aristedes Maniatis <ari@ish.com.au>: > [...] > 1. I am clearly running 8.2-p5, but the final message says "no updates > needed". That's clearly not correct since p5 < p8. And running uname again > after this results in still seeing p5. That's not really true. Unless an update upgrades the kernel, the result of "uname -a" will not change. For it to change, you have to recompile the kernel yourself - using the generic of a custom configuration. Your current release level is the fourth field in /var/db/freebsd-update/tag, IIRC. -- Gianni Vialetto "To see things in the seed, that is genius." - Lao Tzu
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