From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 8 18:53:06 2007 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 9CB0116A421 for ; Wed, 8 Aug 2007 18:53:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr17.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr17.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.37]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35E5B13C45D for ; Wed, 8 Aug 2007 18:53:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr17.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l78Ir3Qj077055; Wed, 8 Aug 2007 20:53:04 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 99EABB82A; Wed, 8 Aug 2007 20:53:03 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 20:53:03 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: Rakhesh Sasidharan Message-ID: <20070808185303.GA51543@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mail-Followup-To: Rakhesh Sasidharan , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20070808222628.B49848@obelix.home.rakhesh.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="IS0zKkzwUGydFO0o" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070808222628.B49848@obelix.home.rakhesh.com> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: No updates needed to update system to 6.2-RELEASE-p7? 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: Wed, 08 Aug 2007 18:53:06 -0000 --IS0zKkzwUGydFO0o Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Aug 08, 2007 at 10:33:38PM +0400, Rakhesh Sasidharan wrote: > $ freebsd-update fetch > Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 1 mirrors found. > Fetching metadata signature from update1.FreeBSD.org... done. > Fetching metadata index... done. > Inspecting system... done. > Preparing to download files... done. >=20 > No updates needed to update system to 6.2-RELEASE-p7. >=20 > $ uname -a > FreeBSD asterix 6.2-RELEASE-p4 FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p4 #0: Thu Apr 26=20 > 17:40:53 > UTC 2007 root@i386-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERI= C=20 > i386 >=20 > Is that normal? Yes. The updates coming after 4 did not effect the kernel (which holds the release number string), just some userland programs. So the userland programs have been updated, but that hasn't changed the version string in the kernel. If you rebuild the kernel, install it and reboot you'll see -p7. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --IS0zKkzwUGydFO0o Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFGuhEPEnfvsMMhpyURAuLeAKCpzAr2J+MkYJccWugGjFjObUClggCbBAui UXn32aVLNgWWTDlEYLHhuDQ= =owCm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --IS0zKkzwUGydFO0o--