From owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 12 11:19:02 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C64316A46D for ; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:19:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from volker@vwsoft.com) Received: from frontmail.ipactive.de (frontmail.maindns.de [85.214.95.103]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A358F13C46B for ; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:19:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from volker@vwsoft.com) Received: from mail.vtec.ipme.de (Q7d85.q.ppp-pool.de [89.53.125.133]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by frontmail.ipactive.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4BE712883F; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:54:49 +0100 (CET) Received: from cesar.sz.vwsoft.com (cesar.sz.vwsoft.com [192.168.16.3]) by mail.vtec.ipme.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id B88D23F443; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:52:58 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <47B17AE4.6000805@vwsoft.com> Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:54:28 +0100 From: Volker User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20080125) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tony Nolo References: <205b7d90802061354g7de45dcbo5c4522dd392c31f6@mail.gmail.com> <205b7d90802061730j9fe4d4n1dc19176c675b0a3@mail.gmail.com> <205b7d90802111356o31b17de9kd75fd9b915b0aea7@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <205b7d90802111356o31b17de9kd75fd9b915b0aea7@mail.gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit MailScanner-NULL-Check: 1203418386.25812@n+It6gpwWfGKCEo6Y8jZLg X-VWSoft-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-From: volker@vwsoft.com X-ipactive-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-ipactive-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ipactive-MailScanner-From: volker@vwsoft.com Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: failed binary version 6.2-6.3 update using freebsd-update.sh X-BeenThere: freebsd-security@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Security issues \[members-only posting\]" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:19:02 -0000 On 02/11/08 22:56, Tony Nolo wrote: > Hello All, > > Can someone please comment honestly as to where the best place to get > a solution to this problem is, or whether it's reasonable to even > expect one? > > So far, I've tried the irc channel, this mailing list, and the author himself. > > Andrew's been kind enough to swap a few ideas/questions around, but > he's one person and likely busy ... beyond that, being called > 'stupid' in private IRC messages is about all the feedback I've > received on this matter. > > I'd gather that there's some 'official' process for a end-user to get > help with the recommended method of upgrading to a just-released > version of freebsd. Or, is there? Tony, for getting user support, there's questions@ or stable@. You may also try one or the other web forum and IRC channel. security@ is not the right place for asking for support or chatting AFAIK. In your case, you're experiencing a bug and that's what GNATS is for. You should consider filing a bug report (PR). When filing a bug report, please include as much useful information as possible. I've never worked with freebsd-update but from checking your previous posts, it seems like function "upgrade_merge()" does not work well (${V} does not get input). Your output seems to be a bit garbled (out of order output) and so I suggest you trying to get your system running with a plain vanilla GENERIC kernel before trying to update. If even that doesn't work out, please file a PR, run 'sh -x freebsd-update.sh ...' as Andrew suggested and put the output file somewhere where someone can fetch it for debugging. If you're in hurry or don't want to spend more time on this, you can always update your system the classical way (see handbook for instructions). HTH Volker