Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 10:41:00 +1000 From: andrew clarke <mail@ozzmosis.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Latest 9.2-RELEASE-p5 update keeps wanting to install /boot/kernel/linker.hints Message-ID: <20140514004100.GB24350@ozzmosis.com> In-Reply-To: <20140501170847.GA29302@ozzmosis.com> References: <51EB2D64-1000-404B-BB63-8BB6F9D72A01@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> <20140501170847.GA29302@ozzmosis.com>
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On Fri 2014-05-02 03:08:47 UTC+1000, andrew clarke (mail@ozzmosis.com) wrote: > A patch was submitted to 9-stable & 10-stable in Dec 2013: > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=182098 > > I think the only way to fix this properly is for the FreeBSD team to > backport the kldxref.c patch to 9.2-REL and issue it as 9.2-REL-p6. > The machines generating the freebsd-update files need the kldxref > patch for local and remote checksums of linker.hints to match; it's > not enough to just patch kldxref on your local machine. Update: A PR was submitted: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=189249 And swiftly acted on: http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-EN-14:04.kldxref.asc Thanks to Jilles Tjoelker. Regards Andrew
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