Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 07:37:30 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Robert Simmons <rsimmons0@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 8.2-RELEASE-p4 Message-ID: <4EC8AE3A.8000600@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <CA%2BQLa9Dckn4vpijFzSx_JgLnZZrJ7WEePBLReDzVwRzz6meLyQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <005301cca2b7$add11f20$09735d60$@co.ke> <4EC13877.3070704@bio.umass.edu> <4EC6BC2F.5030907@bio.umass.edu> <4EC6C506.2090206@infracaninophile.co.uk> <CA%2BQLa9Dckn4vpijFzSx_JgLnZZrJ7WEePBLReDzVwRzz6meLyQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On 19/11/2011 23:26, Robert Simmons wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 3:50 PM, Matthew Seaman
> <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> wrote:
>> If you compile your own kernel, then freebsd-update will patch the
>> kernel sources, but leave you to rebuild and reinstall your customized
>> kernel.
>>
>> I don't know about the -p4 update. By rights it should have involved
>> updating the kernel by one or other of the two methods shown. So far
>> however, we've seen two reports questioning that[*] and none saying that
>> the -p4 update did in fact update the kernel. Which is suspicious, but
>> hardly conclusive.
>
> Do you compile your own kernel, or do you have a machine that uses
> GENERIC? If you do, what is the output of uname -a on it?
Me personally? No, in general I track -STABLE on my systems. Try
asking the OP.
Matthew
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