On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 9:18 PM, Tait wrote:
>> > When running freebsd-update on FreeBSD 7.0, I noticed this message:
>> >
>> > WARNING: FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE is approaching its End-of-Life date.
>>
>> Key concept: "RELEASE".
>>
>> Robert Huff
>
> I'm not trying to be dense, but what is that supposed to mean?
>
> I see this on http://www.freebsd.org/releases/7.0R/announce.html:
> "The FreeBSD Security Team currently plans to support FreeBSD 7.0 until
> February 28th, 2009."
>
> As far as I can tell, 7.1 hasn't even undergone RC2 build yet, much yet
> the actual -RELEASE build.
>
> So what am I supposed to do about this warning and the impending cessation
> of security support? Will the Security Team actually support 7.0R longer
> than originally expected? If so, can freebsd-update be made to understand
> that and stop issuing worrisome warnings?
I have only ever personally seen the 7.0-RELEASE EoL warning when
running an non updated kernel. I can not speak for the security team
support horizon, but 7.1 RC is working very well on my test machine,
so I personally will be updating my production box to 7.1-RELEASE
shortly after the bits are frozen solid.
What is the output of:
uname -a
Are you running -p7 already or not ?
If not, then run:
freebsd-update fetch install
And do not forget to reboot your system to actually use the latest
kernel after install succeeds. On my 7.0-RELEASE machine (that is
already updated to -p7) I do not see EoL warnings. YMMV.
Good Luck.
--_Dave
Non quia difficilia sunt non audemus, sed quia non audemus, difficilia sunt.
> If the Security Team will stop
> supporting 7.0R, what _will_ they be supporting come Feb? Assuming 7.1R
> makes it out the door soon, will I really only have seven or so weeks
> to upgrade? The Security Team is apparently supporting 6.4R well into 2010;
> should I downgrade to keep receiving security updates?
>
> Thanks,
> Tait
>
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