From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 1 23:56:48 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59B88E9B for ; Fri, 1 Feb 2013 23:56:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from carlj@peak.org) Received: from redcondor2.peak.org (redcondor2.peak.org [69.59.192.56]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24CAA6A3 for ; Fri, 1 Feb 2013 23:56:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from zmail-mta01.peak.org ([207.55.16.111]) by redcondor2.peak.org ({6c724cae-de34-4c5f-b615-3072b86419fa}) via TCP (outbound) with ESMTP id 20130201235647449 for ; Fri, 01 Feb 2013 23:56:47 +0000 X-RC-FROM: X-RC-RCPT: Received: from bonsai.localnet (rad0.peak.org [69.59.192.40]) by zmail-mta01.peak.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3B0CE491A2B for ; Fri, 1 Feb 2013 15:56:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from oak.localnet (oak.localnet [192.168.193.34]) by bonsai.localnet (Postfix) with ESMTP id 819013DB63 for ; Fri, 1 Feb 2013 15:56:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from oak.localnet (localhost.localnet [127.0.0.1]) by oak.localnet (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B166BE09 for ; Fri, 1 Feb 2013 15:56:46 -0800 (PST) Received: (from carlj@localhost) by oak.localnet (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id r11Nuk6o003760; Fri, 1 Feb 2013 15:56:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from carlj@peak.org) X-Authentication-Warning: oak.localnet: carlj set sender to carlj@peak.org using -f From: Carl Johnson To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-update problems References: <87obg3bynm.fsf@oak.localnet> <20130201205855.GA53909@rootbsd.daleco.biz> <87k3qrbqg6.fsf@oak.localnet> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2013 15:56:46 -0800 In-Reply-To: <87k3qrbqg6.fsf@oak.localnet> (Carl Johnson's message of "Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:48:57 -0800") Message-ID: <871ucz7flt.fsf@oak.localnet> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-MAG-OUTBOUND: peakinternet.redcondor.net@207.55.16/22 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2013 23:56:48 -0000 Carl Johnson writes: > Kevin Kinsey writes: > >> On Fri, Feb 01, 2013 at 11:51:41AM -0800, Carl Johnson wrote: >>> I ran freebsd-update to update my 8.1-RELEASE system to 8.3-RELEASE >>> (freebsd-update -r 8.3-RELEASE upgrade). It downloaded a bunch of >>> files, asked me to edit some configuration files, showed me long lists >>> of files that have been changed, added and removed, and then ended with >>> no status or error indications. The problem is that there appears to be >>> absolutely NO change in my system that I can find. I have checked /etc, >>> /bin, and /lib with 'ls -lct | head', but there are no files that have >>> changed recently. The /var/db/freebsd-update directory has over 500MB >>> of files it downloaded. >>> >>> Does anybody have any suggestions on what might have happened and what >>> can be done? >>> -- >>> Carl Johnson carlj@peak.org >>> >> >> I'm not looking at the docs ATM, but IIRC you need to run an install >> step now. Check the docs ... they should tell you. > > Thanks, I just saw that a few minutes ago. I wasn't happy about it so I > went out for a long walk, but I should have done it before posting. > I'll try that right after this. Everything looks good now: 'uname -r' now show '8.3-RELEASE-p3'. Thanks for the response. -- Carl Johnson carlj@peak.org