From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 9 09:48:17 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A833AC0D for ; Tue, 9 Oct 2012 09:48:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from suseuser04@lajt.hu) Received: from mailout3.bwave.pl (mailout3.bwave.pl [37.233.100.48]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E1288FC17 for ; Tue, 9 Oct 2012 09:48:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=drone-mailout3) by mailout3.bwave.pl with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1TLWPd-0002H0-Nr for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 09 Oct 2012 11:47:41 +0200 Received: from [10.2.1.173] by drone-mailout3 with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1TLWPd-0002Gx-7T for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 09 Oct 2012 11:47:41 +0200 Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Re:_FreeBSD_update?= From: =?UTF-8?Q?Istvan_Gabor?= To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20121008173551.e2cc1aad608d691d426a640e@gmx.net> References: <1922c43c.49710c96.5072e8a8.f2f51@lajt.hu> <20121008173551.e2cc1aad608d691d426a640e@gmx.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <7acef32e.2caae151.5073f296.83c70@lajt.hu> Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2012 11:47:02 +0200 X-Originator: 193.6.63.109 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2012 09:48:17 -0000 2012.=20okt=C3=B3ber=208.=2017:35=20napon=20Andreas=20Rudisch=20<"cyb."@g= mx.net>=20=C3=ADrta: >=20On=20Mon,=2008=20Oct=202012=2016:52:24=20+0200 >=20Istvan=20Gabor=20=20wrote: >=20 >=20>=20As=20I=20remember=20correctly=20during=20the=20fetch=20I=20saw=20= a=20message=20that=20the=20current=20patch=20level=20is=20p4. >=20>=20After=20rebooting=20the=20computer=20uname=20gives=20p3=20on=20th= e=20updated=20system: >=20> >=20>=20Why=20does=20uname=20reports=20p3=20while=20freebsd-update=20indi= cates=20p4=20state? >=20 >=20Hi, >=20 >=20if=20freebsd-update=20does=20not=20update=20the=20kernel=20uname=20wi= ll=20not=20show=20the >=20'correct'=20patch=20level. >=20 >=20Andreas Thanks=20Andreas. FreeBSD=20Handbook=20(at=20the=20end=20of=20section=2025.2.2)=20says: "However,=20freebsd-update=20will=20always=20update=20the=20/usr/src/sys/= conf/newvers.sh=20file. The=20current=20patch=20level=20(as=20indicated=20by=20the=20-p=20number=20= reported=20by=20uname=20-r)=20is=20obtained from=20this=20file.=20Rebuilding=20your=20custom=20kernel,=20even=20if=20= nothing=20else=20changed,=20will=20allow uname(1)=20to=20accurately=20report=20the=20current=20patch=20level=20of=20= the=20system." From=20this=20I=20conclude=20that=20if=20I=20rebuild=20the=20kernel=20(th= e=20general=20kernel,=20not=20a=20custom=20kernel), it=20should=20reflect=20patch=20level=20correctly. This=20raises=20another=20question:=20are=20the=20updates=20made=20sequen= tially,=20as=20p1,=20p2,=20etc.? This=20would=20explain=20why=20the=20kernel=20stayed=20at=20p3=20level=20= while=20the=20system=20was=20updated=20to p4.=20I=20Suppose=20if=20the=20update=20was=20done=20in=20one=20step=20af= ter=20fetching=20and=20applying=20all update=20patches=20the=20kernel=20should=20reflect=20the=20system's=20pat= ch=20level.=20Is=20this=20correct? I=20am=20confused=20a=20little=20bit. Istvan