From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 3 16:58:03 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12E041065675 for ; Thu, 3 Nov 2011 16:58:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhelfman@experts-exchange.com) Received: from mail.experts-exchange.com (mail.experts-exchange.com [72.29.183.251]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE0748FC12 for ; Thu, 3 Nov 2011 16:58:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.experts-exchange.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.experts-exchange.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1CE86ED46E; Thu, 3 Nov 2011 09:58:02 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=e-e.com; h= user-agent:organization:in-reply-to:content-disposition :content-type:content-type:mime-version:references:message-id :subject:subject:from:from:date:date:received:received:received; s=ee; t=1320339482; x=1322153882; bh=dIG1p1cLrj8VqRx28u3oOOZg74 DuLxecS069+U2aCuA=; b=HCqehD73LGgzyStLoXUiuS0TQ9KST4CqWWNaXNpMML s7mpcUQJvQXqEYNNAuo7UVpg23KaR6/AEDP6Oa7JPrF1QfBeFySYzPUAiKi730Hw GsXfEhhccGBcrnuUOo34q1Y2G9eBk2fidzL5QKPEwwbvFcKVhCntv1r9/8tGgZN1 c= X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at experts-exchange.com Received: from mail.experts-exchange.com ([127.0.0.1]) by mail.experts-exchange.com (mail.experts-exchange.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 2oqR7zZc4wwF; Thu, 3 Nov 2011 09:58:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from experts-exchange.com (unknown [192.168.103.122]) by mail.experts-exchange.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 7C6486ED46C; Thu, 3 Nov 2011 09:58:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: (nullmailer pid 60882 invoked by uid 1001); Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:57:59 -0000 Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 09:57:59 -0700 From: Jason Helfman To: Michael Sierchio Message-ID: <20111103165759.GE25517@eggman.experts-exchange.com> References: <1320335356.50710.YahooMailClassic@web122206.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <20111103161340.GC25517@eggman.experts-exchange.com> <20111103162654.GD25517@eggman.experts-exchange.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE Organization: Experts-Exchange, LLC. http://www.experts-exchange.com X-Living-The-Dream: I love the SLO Life! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: masayoshi , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-update (custom kernel) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:58:03 -0000 On Thu, Nov 03, 2011 at 09:42:12AM -0700, Michael Sierchio thus spake: >This is simply not the case. freebsd-update works on the basis of >cryptographic hashes on the binaries. It is, after all, a binary >update program. If it detects a custom kernel, it will not update the >kernel, but updates userland programs. It doesn't *care* what your >kernel config name is, it really doesn't matter. > >Kernel update becomes a manual operation, which requires fetching >sources from the SECURITY branch. > I'm not disagreeing with you, and I know what it does. I happen to run a slew of update servers myself, however if you run your own update server based on your own signatures, it will patch your custom kernel and distribute it, as well. I didn't know it would skip it, though, with the main update servers. Interesting. -- Jason Helfman System Administrator experts-exchange.com http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_4830110.html E4AD 7CF1 1396 27F6 79DD 4342 5E92 AD66 8C8C FBA5