So, I've run freebsd-update fetch/install a few times since I
posed my original question, but my system remains at
8.2-RELEASE-p3. Have I done all that I should to get word to
those that would be able to correct the problem? Is there
communication channel I should use to report this?
On 11/18/2011 03:50 PM, Matthew Seaman wrote:
On 18/11/2011 20:12, Tom Carpenter wrote:
Is it not possible/not intended for kernels to be updated via
freebsd-update? If kernels can be updated via freebsd-update
will there be a release of an fix/update that will allow systems
to be patched/updated to -p4 or later?
freebsd-update will certainly update your kernel for you, so long as you
are using a standard GENERIC kernel from the install media or from a
previous freebsd-update iteration.
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.
Cheers,
Matthew
[*] Stranger things have happened than admins compiling their own
GENERIC kernels and then mistakenly thinking they were actually using
the standard one from the install media[+]. Seeing a positive "it
updated for me" would settle the question definitively.
[+] Not that I believe for one minute that anyone in this thread is
sufferring from that sort of memory lapse.
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