From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 30 13:58:11 2008 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 2B1281065671 for ; Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:58:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonic2000gr@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.174]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A72228FC0A for ; Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:58:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonic2000gr@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id q2so245501uge.37 for ; Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:58:09 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=1AsoX4il8YRi0ctXR4oS2WzzwbUnAv5p2dlRIvkg7ZA=; b=qs/xwvxodWldMaBw/DV9K8Z6cggFhiFBmVluOFhscsVcSHu9NCO3FZPc1rq4y/Oj8f Y+Vu264Z4zI0KV/P8CRmXuIWIEKzRZNGkS43kz+JqAwoRiqL/u2C1X3rC3afxYQnJDLj nOqFSeQY1KEj5kW4OyklHWbLoINY9Nddxy/8Q= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=O82rSWxFDL85L/xXKQRUBv1V93IZEpNngX7XvoVhnuCdkudOH1RdCx2T25n7BJy2OI 4qY8kCVtoTqFCe73Jc5GHD+94YajfnNXdqLU49aHV6k/0lquegGBuX4pzzQywmyBtTra Mr7oI5hCMRX0vldLDfsdoAJob48V3tEJTQkAI= Received: by 10.66.250.1 with SMTP id x1mr3774250ugh.83.1214834289220; Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:58:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from joshua.freebsdgr.org ( [87.203.127.216]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id b35sm1866712ugd.45.2008.06.30.06.58.07 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:58:08 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4868E66D.7050609@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:58:05 +0300 From: Manolis Kiagias User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080609) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Paul Schmehl References: <4868D011.3080100@lc-words.com> <798003FA99F832C74E72448B@Macintosh.local> In-Reply-To: <798003FA99F832C74E72448B@Macintosh.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-7; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Zbigniew Szalbot , User Questions Subject: Re: freebsd-update and more information 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: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:58:11 -0000 Paul Schmehl wrote: > --On June 30, 2008 2:22:41 PM +0200 Zbigniew Szalbot > wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> I read man freebsd-update but it has not answered my questions. That is, >> after I have issued freebsd-update fetch/install, where can I find >> information about if the installed updates require recompiling the >> kernel or system restart? >> >> Thank you in advance! > > Maybe I'm confused, but I thought freebsd-update installed precompiled > binaries of the generic kernel and world. True, but it also updates the relevant sources if installed (as another poster said, freebsd-update will only update what you have installed - I tend to always assume that everybody installs full sources, but that's just me) > Therefore, you would need to reboot if the kernel changed. > Freebsd-update should tell you what will be changed after it finishes > the fetch. I don't recall if it also tells you what it installed. If it tells you it updated /boot/kernel/kernel, you should reboot. If you are running a custom kernel and you see files getting updated in /usr/src/sys (mind you, not just the /usr/src/sys/conf/newvers.sh, but other files too - newvers.sh is always updated to reflect the new -p# in uname, if you rebuild your kernel) you should rebuild your custom kernel and reboot.