Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:50:11 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Manolis Kiagias <sonic2000gr@gmail.com> Cc: David Newman <dnewman@networktest.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-update says -p3, but i've got -p2 Message-ID: <48821B43.6000104@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <488208A0.8040004@gmail.com> References: <20080714233542.GA59789@root.ucsc.edu> <487BE866.2000309@gmail.com> <488188C2.5090705@gmail.com> <4882038F.6060805@networktest.com> <488208A0.8040004@gmail.com>
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Manolis Kiagias wrote:
> This is not a problem with freebsd-update. The kernel has not changed
> between -p2 and -p3, so freebsd-update will not get you an updated
> one. If you recompile the kernel afterwards, it will show -p3 because
> of the change in /usr/src/sys/conf/newvers.sh (this changes everytime
> freebsd-update gets new updates, regardless of whether the kernel is
> updated or not). So, simply by recompiling the kernel you will get
> the -p3 indication, though nothing much else in this case.
I had a thought the other day that it should be possible to to provide
the system patch level as data within a very small KLD module. That way
freebsd-update could change the value without having to supply a whole
new kernel and without having to reboot.
Cheers,
Matthew
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