Date: Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:41:09 +0100 From: Bas Smeelen <b.smeelen@ose.nl> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sec.update 7.2-RELEASE-p6 not showing up Message-ID: <4B4735F5.5090502@ose.nl> In-Reply-To: <8021a2661001080532t54d1a84bn970293954e6b47c2@mail.gmail.com> References: <8021a2661001080532t54d1a84bn970293954e6b47c2@mail.gmail.com>
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n dhert wrote=3A =3E FreeBSD7=2E2 system with Generic kernel=2E =3E There was a security update patch release two days ago=3A 7=2E2-RELEASE= -p6 =3E Fetched and installed it with =23 freebsd-update install =3E The files mentionned in the mail that would be replaced by the patch=2C= are =3E replaced =28date has changed=29 =3E Yet=2C after a reboot =28shutdown -r=29=2C =23 uname -a =3E still shows the previous -pX version and the date that this previous on= e was =3E installed =2E=2E=2E =3E Why and how to correct that =3F =3E =3E =20 This is because the kernel is not affected by this update=2C so the kernel= is not updated=2E The patchnumder you see with uname -a is =28hardcoded=29 in the kernel If you rebuild your generic kernel you would see p6 DISCLAIMER=3A This e-mail is for the intended recipient=28s=29 only=2E Access=2C disclosure=2C copying=2C distribution or reliance on any of it by= anyone else is prohibited=2E If you have received it by mistake please let us know by reply and then del= ete it from your system=2E
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