From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 15 19:36:05 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0FB216AF49 for ; Mon, 15 May 2006 19:36:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pietro.cerutti@gmail.com) Received: from nz-out-0102.google.com (nz-out-0102.google.com [64.233.162.207]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37D5143D6A for ; Mon, 15 May 2006 19:35:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pietro.cerutti@gmail.com) Received: by nz-out-0102.google.com with SMTP id z31so18208nzd for ; Mon, 15 May 2006 12:35:58 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=Rd2D+iqyH5a70AG+pNwQQQPmxmoGxxPW/qTASvNeYnn2aq7go/HSk6uFcmNTpe+f+8tAubpooy52zSszYLfiBk7ah6yHdBbChEs0QFkBQ/pUBhHgfJ6lS+RF9dSzTmRDZRnurL+EFyPy+BJFDdiHQam3+PVczzbbNacEdrooeoY= Received: by 10.65.231.3 with SMTP id i3mr2361472qbr; Mon, 15 May 2006 12:35:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.65.189.18 with HTTP; Mon, 15 May 2006 12:35:58 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 21:35:58 +0200 From: "Pietro Cerutti" To: "Matt Bostock" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD-Update and 6.1 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: Mon, 15 May 2006 19:36:09 -0000 On 5/15/06, Matt Bostock wrote: > A couple of questions regarding FreeBSD-Update: > > 1. How do I update from 6.0-RELEASE to 6.1-RELEASE or 6-STABLE using > FreeBSD-Update? I've tried downloading the ISO and doing it that > way but 'uname' remains unchanged. You just didn't get the point. freebsd-update is not aimed to upgrade a box from one version to another, but to apply security updates to a release. Make sure you read and understand the following: - http://www.daemonology.net/freebsd-update/ - man freebsd-update > 2. How does FreeBSD-Update know which branch to follow > (STABLE, CURRENT or RELEASE)? freebsd-update works only on RELEASEs > 3. I tried upgrading to 6.1 using the ISO method, and am getting this: > > [root@xxxx root]freebsd-update fetch > Fetching updates signature... > Fetching hash list signature... > Examining local system... > > The following files are affected by security > fixes, but have not been updated because they > have been modified locally: > > /bin/rmail > /usr/bin/edit > /usr/bin/ee > /usr/bin/ree > /usr/bin/vacation > /usr/lib/libmilter.a > /usr/lib/libmilter.so.3 > /usr/libexec/mail.local > /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail > /usr/libexec/smrsh > /usr/sbin/editmap > /usr/sbin/mailstats > /usr/sbin/makemap > /usr/sbin/praliases > > No updates available > > ...AFAIK I haven't altered these files. How can I force > the update? I have a feeling this is related to > the above questions ;) Yes, it is. > > Many thanks, Things will get pretty clear once you read the above mentioned... > Matt Bostock > --=20 Pietro Cerutti