From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 10 18:05:19 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A721693A for ; Tue, 10 Jun 2014 18:05:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org (mwlucas-2-pt.tunnel.tserv9.chi1.ipv6.he.net [IPv6:2001:470:1f10:b9c::2]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 67A0721F8 for ; Tue, 10 Jun 2014 18:05:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id s5AI5G1j002393; Tue, 10 Jun 2014 14:05:16 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mwlucas@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org) Received: (from mwlucas@localhost) by bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org (8.14.9/8.14.7/Submit) id s5AI5Gbr002392; Tue, 10 Jun 2014 14:05:16 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mwlucas) Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 14:05:16 -0400 From: "Michael W. Lucas" To: Kurt Jaeger Subject: Re: freebsd-update to 9.2-RELEASE-p8 loop Message-ID: <20140610180515.GA2380@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org> References: <20140610195025.af77561acbb2224539762600@mimar.rs> <20140610175315.GR2341@home.opsec.eu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20140610175315.GR2341@home.opsec.eu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.4.3 (bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org [127.0.0.1]); Tue, 10 Jun 2014 14:05:16 -0400 (EDT) Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 18:05:19 -0000 On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 07:53:15PM +0200, Kurt Jaeger wrote: > Hi! > > > I used freebsd-update to update from 9.2-RELEASE-p7 to 9.2-RELEASE-p8 > > and rebooted. > > > > After reboot, uname -a shows 9.2-RELEASE-p7, but I've seen this before > > and consider it normal. > > p8 did not touch the kernel, therefore there is no update in the uname output. > > Why it again and again updates linker.hints, I don't know. linker.hints should be added to /etc/freebsd-update.conf IgnoreFiles, i.e.: IgnorePaths /boot/kernel/linker.hints linker.hints is dynamically generated, and freebsd-update shouldn't touch it. Yes, it's a bug. ==ml -- Michael W. Lucas - mwlucas@michaelwlucas.com, Twitter @mwlauthor http://www.MichaelWLucas.com/, http://blather.MichaelWLucas.com/