From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Mar 26 17:34:37 2021 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE77057E321 for ; Fri, 26 Mar 2021 17:34:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@qeng-ho.org) Received: from mailout.qeng-ho.org (mailout.qeng-ho.org [217.155.128.244]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4F6TcW1xKmz3FRW for ; Fri, 26 Mar 2021 17:34:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@qeng-ho.org) Received: from arthur.home.qeng-ho.org (unknown [IPv6:2a02:8010:64c9:1::2]) by mailout.qeng-ho.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BBEE38030 for ; Fri, 26 Mar 2021 17:34:20 +0000 (GMT) Subject: Re: freebsd-update doesn't increment update from 12.2-p4 to 12.2-p5 To: FreeBSD-Questions References: <20210326154238.48921ea741e2c9e3d46f0378@sohara.org> From: Arthur Chance Message-ID: Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2021 17:34:20 +0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.8.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20210326154238.48921ea741e2c9e3d46f0378@sohara.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-GB Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4F6TcW1xKmz3FRW X-Spamd-Bar: - Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of freebsd@qeng-ho.org designates 217.155.128.244 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=freebsd@qeng-ho.org X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-1.37 / 15.00]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RBL_DBL_DONT_QUERY_IPS(0.00)[217.155.128.244:from]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:217.155.128.240/29]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[qeng-ho.org]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; SPAMHAUS_ZRD(0.00)[217.155.128.244:from:127.0.2.255]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_SPAM_SHORT(0.93)[0.929]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:13037, ipnet:217.155.0.0/16, country:GB]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2021 17:34:38 -0000 On 26/03/2021 15:42, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: > On Fri, 26 Mar 2021 15:36:20 +0000 > tech-lists wrote: > >> so I run freebsd-update install, it all installs, then reboot. >> But uname -a still says 12.2-p4 > > That is because uname -a shows the kernel version and there > were no kernel changes between p4 and p5. It is for this reason that > freebsd-version was written - that will show you both kernel and userland > versions. > As a public service announcement for those who have missed it, freebsd-version can show you the kernel version on disk (-k), the kernel version actually running (-r) and the userland version (-u). The first two may differ if you've done an update but haven't rebooted yet. -- The number of people predicting the demise of Moore's Law doubles every 18 months.