On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 04:08:22PM -0600, Brett Glass wrote: > Please be advised that, when using freebsd-update(8) to install the patch for > this security problem, freebsd-update will move the current kernel to > /boot/kernel.old, > and install a new GENERIC kernel in /boot/kernel, even if you have built a > custom > kernel and created a copy of the GENERIC kernel in /boot/GENERIC. > > The kernel in /boot/GENERIC is NOT updated, nor are the modules in that > directory > updated. What's more, if you did not build modules for your custom kernel, you > will not get copies of the updated NFS modules. > > This is probably not the behavior most users who have built custom kernels > will > want or expect. (I would have hoped that the GENERIC kernel, its modules, and > the > kernel sources would be updated and that I'd be reminded to rebuild my custom > kernel > if necessary.) >
This has _always_ been the case with freebsd-update(8). Glen
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