Date: Thu, 16 May 2019 18:15:31 -0600 From: Paul Smith <paul.j.smith0@gmail.com> To: tech-lists <tech-lists@zyxst.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: freebsd-update results in 12.0-p4 kernel and 12.0-p5 userland Message-ID: <CACoaAtMdZKg2kTNjMkG3SHVSmiBU4aiL50wgGGb79ONKwVY4qg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20190516183751.GF15462@rpi3.zyxst.net> References: <20190516183751.GF15462@rpi3.zyxst.net>
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No need to worry. If a patch only affects userland, the kernel version printed by 'freebsd-version -k' will not be updated. The userland version printed by 'freebsd-version -u' will show the updated patch level. On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 12:39 PM tech-lists <tech-lists@zyxst.net> wrote: > > Hi, > > I updated a 12.0-p3 system with freebsd-update (fetch and install) and rebooted: > > redacted:~ % freebsd-version -ku > 12.0-RELEASE-p4 > 12.0-RELEASE-p5 > > maybe there was more to update? > > redacted:~ % sudo freebsd-update fetch > Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 3 mirrors found. > Fetching metadata signature for 12.0-RELEASE from update2.freebsd.org... > done. > Fetching metadata index... done. > Inspecting system... done. > Preparing to download files... done. > > No updates needed to update system to 12.0-RELEASE-p5. > > should I worry? > > thanks, > -- > J.
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