From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 9 05:36:00 2007 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 878D516A419 for ; Thu, 9 Aug 2007 05:36:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rakheshster@gmail.com) Received: from mu-out-0910.google.com (mu-out-0910.google.com [209.85.134.185]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1196B13C45D for ; Thu, 9 Aug 2007 05:35:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rakheshster@gmail.com) Received: by mu-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id w9so379846mue for ; Wed, 08 Aug 2007 22:35:58 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:date:x-x-sender:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:message-id:references:mime-version:content-type:from:sender; b=F7H8Q6XfEm+x9X09CJSwp9O4i2sUnMMvJHvPxyafZWKmlXlHC5Ym6nPGwI3M2w26FRuPGAkUVFRbSmR0zezhvt/4U4Qrw+JQcn7xbNtyL6pvkCzASOo31wbCHkn2CQGEqzrZbfse/e1emugRIkMmIixHZ3C3USBxl5qdPuErvPg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:date:x-x-sender:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:message-id:references:mime-version:content-type:from:sender; b=q7RfHL4Z9d46TTIoqbDviiPrNA/Blo2G8awPKxXe9jSDDGsD5hlR+3httBib+PWJxTkimwqwFP2GDbt076TK/noqAsHvzVQCrhZPL91+md5fjeEuIZhUTmEFFGe8EuOA4wu2XtWtV752wYvxFwb9AdZOPflw+9Pcv3RyDbEexvw= Received: by 10.78.150.7 with SMTP id x7mr745714hud.1186637758415; Wed, 08 Aug 2007 22:35:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.home.rakhesh.com ( [82.178.137.21]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 37sm566306hub.2007.08.08.22.35.55 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 08 Aug 2007 22:35:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from obelix.home.rakhesh.com (obelix.home.rakhesh.com [192.168.17.13]) by smtp.home.rakhesh.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 927045080A; Thu, 9 Aug 2007 09:35:20 +0400 (GST) Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 09:35:20 +0400 (GST) X-X-Sender: rakhesh@obelix.home.rakhesh.com To: "Philip M. Gollucci" In-Reply-To: <46BA188E.5050606@riderway.com> Message-ID: <20070809092552.K93573@obelix.home.rakhesh.com> References: <20070808222628.B49848@obelix.home.rakhesh.com> <0B124FFF-D212-4373-9D58-9F65A1E4E64A@mac.com> <20070808230920.R53363@obelix.home.rakhesh.com> <46BA188E.5050606@riderway.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed From: Rakhesh Sasidharan Sender: Rakhesh Sasidharan Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: No updates needed to update system to 6.2-RELEASE-p7? 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, 09 Aug 2007 05:36:00 -0000 Philip M. Gollucci wrote: >> I see. Thanks. Didn't realize that only when the kernel gets updated does >> the suffix change to -p7. I was under the impression that all updates >> change the kernel string to -p7 just to show that there's been some >> updates. > That actually sounds like a bad thing IMHO. Because not -p4 is not -p4 > -p4 = -p7 but for others it might =-p5 depending on the last time they > updated. > > It might be nice to have freebsd-update update this portion of the > kernel even if thats the only part thats updated. I second that. Was confusing to me atleast, and I kept wondering all this file if something was wrong with my setup. Would be nice if the kernel was given a version bump to -p7 or whatever. Maybe its not possible for other practical reasons, in which perhaps the man page could mention this fact? By the way, is there some way I can verify that my system has been patched for the newer updates? (Just so that I get the nagging feeling off my head that something's not alright). Some way I can check the named executable for instance to see its the latest ...? Thanks, Rakhesh