Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 14:05:16 -0400 From: "Michael W. Lucas" <mwlucas@michaelwlucas.com> To: Kurt Jaeger <lists@opsec.eu> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-update to 9.2-RELEASE-p8 loop Message-ID: <20140610180515.GA2380@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org> In-Reply-To: <20140610175315.GR2341@home.opsec.eu> References: <20140610195025.af77561acbb2224539762600@mimar.rs> <20140610175315.GR2341@home.opsec.eu>
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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/
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