Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:44:28 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Bernt Hansson <bernt@bah.homeip.net> Cc: zaxis <z_axis@163.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How can i know if the freebsd kernel need to be updated ? Message-ID: <20100714154428.5b768459.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <4C3DBE4C.9020109@bah.homeip.net> References: <29147737.post@talk.nabble.com> <4C3DBE4C.9020109@bah.homeip.net>
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On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:40:28 +0200, Bernt Hansson <bernt@bah.homeip.net> wrote: > zaxis said the following on 2010-07-13 10:12: > > Now i use the following commands to maintain my freebsd box. > > > >> portsnap fetch update > >> pkg_version -vIL= > >> portupgrade -R xxx > > > > It works great for software installed through ports. However, how can i know > > if the kernel needs to be updated ? > > You can't, unless you subscribe to announce@freebsd.org and > security@freebsd.org There is an alternative way: If you use "make update" (uses csup), you can easily see it from the messages. If anything related to /usr/src/sys has a delta -> kernel has been updated. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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