From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 25 05:39:53 2008 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 567081065673 for ; Thu, 25 Dec 2008 05:39:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dhorn2000@gmail.com) Received: from rn-out-0910.google.com (rn-out-0910.google.com [64.233.170.185]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91C528FC12 for ; Thu, 25 Dec 2008 05:39:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dhorn2000@gmail.com) Received: by rn-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id k36so2891140rnd.1 for ; Wed, 24 Dec 2008 21:39:51 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=JLWxGgkK1etaVU/nnVi7SPleGTeVaj7S53AcYr+nLAc=; b=C/KcUTN4jvivVEDEVPjRJesauOpFn3J+bVsI10kA9YatI0Bhz0SQB+mKtCBVeluu6L KzOzXTEZTef/9DLYUPWvwZKvKYNCu5BgVG9+D8fNipjTCA/JoZoA0G5h6+/i7V8DD7Wx CVWdjUcRLixiM4ZnWSQRwH+SmJ/1Eoo/D+QXM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=Vu6m0OmoaO7nC/tNlU/3Vgfyq/e1JlePDTjGQSb0XsIgP0ZFPRN2N0u1xSBigc6aAn sHdgT4mEd/6U4lsdXpaaBP+MBua77M+yW5Di+GqsXMxmavJ7GT1ufhKsMKjSaKVFC/e3 ldkiTT9ivhLFkHSz6m2ci3CCchBO7W8hbkB7A= Received: by 10.150.202.8 with SMTP id z8mr6795750ybf.83.1230183591516; Wed, 24 Dec 2008 21:39:51 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.150.190.1 with HTTP; Wed, 24 Dec 2008 21:39:51 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <25ff90d60812242139y73d4aa47n78e03160f0235af2@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2008 00:39:51 -0500 From: "David Horn" To: Tait In-Reply-To: <20081225021854.GG14242@ece.pdx.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <18750.53868.986698.928834@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20081225021854.GG14242@ece.pdx.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: FreeBSD update warns about 7.0 end of life 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: Thu, 25 Dec 2008 05:39:53 -0000 On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 9:18 PM, Tait wrote: >> > When running freebsd-update on FreeBSD 7.0, I noticed this message: >> > >> > WARNING: FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE is approaching its End-of-Life date. >> >> Key concept: "RELEASE". >> >> Robert Huff > > I'm not trying to be dense, but what is that supposed to mean? > > I see this on http://www.freebsd.org/releases/7.0R/announce.html: > "The FreeBSD Security Team currently plans to support FreeBSD 7.0 until > February 28th, 2009." > > As far as I can tell, 7.1 hasn't even undergone RC2 build yet, much yet > the actual -RELEASE build. > > So what am I supposed to do about this warning and the impending cessation > of security support? Will the Security Team actually support 7.0R longer > than originally expected? If so, can freebsd-update be made to understand > that and stop issuing worrisome warnings? I have only ever personally seen the 7.0-RELEASE EoL warning when running an non updated kernel. I can not speak for the security team support horizon, but 7.1 RC is working very well on my test machine, so I personally will be updating my production box to 7.1-RELEASE shortly after the bits are frozen solid. What is the output of: uname -a Are you running -p7 already or not ? If not, then run: freebsd-update fetch install And do not forget to reboot your system to actually use the latest kernel after install succeeds. On my 7.0-RELEASE machine (that is already updated to -p7) I do not see EoL warnings. YMMV. Good Luck. --_Dave Non quia difficilia sunt non audemus, sed quia non audemus, difficilia sunt. > If the Security Team will stop > supporting 7.0R, what _will_ they be supporting come Feb? Assuming 7.1R > makes it out the door soon, will I really only have seven or so weeks > to upgrade? The Security Team is apparently supporting 6.4R well into 2010; > should I downgrade to keep receiving security updates? > > Thanks, > Tait > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >