Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 18:28:08 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Joe <dev@freedomcircle.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: pkg_upgrade? Message-ID: <20060530222808.GA34725@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <447CC3C8.9020300@freedomcircle.net> References: <447B86F3.6070500@freedomcircle.net> <20060530002535.GA94917@xor.obsecurity.org> <447CB067.1080309@freedomcircle.net> <20060530213344.GA34025@xor.obsecurity.org> <447CC3C8.9020300@freedomcircle.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, May 30, 2006 at 06:14:32PM -0400, Joe wrote: > Kris Kennaway wrote: > >On Tue, May 30, 2006 at 04:51:51PM -0400, Joe wrote: > >> [...] > >>It failed to update expat however, because it kept looking in the > >>6.0-RELEASE paths. I presume this is because even though the binary > >>upgrade of the base to 6.1 went well, uname, etc., think I still have a > >>6.0 machine. So where is the *real* version id stored and how can it be > >>(should it be?) safely modified? > > > >It's reported by the kernel, so if it's still saying 6.0-RELEASE then > >that's what you're still running. > > I don't have access to the system right now, but after the sysinstall I > looked at some of the files in /bin and saw that most had a date of May > 6, 2006 (or thereabouts) so I assumed that meant the binary upgrade had > been successful. How can I verify that the actual kernel was upgraded? > Also, I haven't been able to locate much information about a binary > upgrade in the Handbook. The only reference was in the INSTALL.htm in > the release directory. ls -l /boot/kernel Kris [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEfMb4Wry0BWjoQKURAkQmAJ91+eUEsEoBe0PfjaypCd7tIVGLrQCcDiPu 0XfOa4v7rPQd27DAm37ejFY= =G1mo -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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