Date: Sat, 17 May 2014 21:48:54 +1000 From: andrew clarke <mail@ozzmosis.com> To: "R. Scott Evans" <freebsd-questions@rsle.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Latest 9.2-RELEASE-p5 update keeps wanting to install /boot/kernel/linker.hints Message-ID: <20140517114854.GA39651@ozzmosis.com> In-Reply-To: <5374B428.1020403@rsle.net> References: <51EB2D64-1000-404B-BB63-8BB6F9D72A01@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> <20140501170847.GA29302@ozzmosis.com> <20140514004100.GB24350@ozzmosis.com> <5374B428.1020403@rsle.net>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Yes, so am I. I hastily assumed the patch was correct without running freebsd-update twice to test it. 9.2-RELEASE-p6 amd64 here. Regards Andrew On Thu 2014-05-15 08:33:44 UTC-0400, R. Scott Evans (freebsd-questions@rsle.net) wrote: > I'm still seeing this issue after the 9.2-RELEASE-p6 binary update. > > -scott > > On 05/13/14 20:41, andrew clarke wrote: > > 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
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20140517114854.GA39651>