Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2017 17:46:09 -0500 From: George Mitchell <george+freebsd@m5p.com> To: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Stable Mailing List <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 10.3-RELEASE-p13 "unsupported file layout" Message-ID: <d9be6315-d19e-a97e-7828-6278f475329e@m5p.com> In-Reply-To: <CAN6yY1s1m0=_1%2B38n8me-4%2BLHN6bbiaii2q6diCLGF_SMxugtg@mail.gmail.com> References: <c0725ed3-0345-321e-ce05-e324bac89717@m5p.com> <CAN6yY1s1m0=_1%2B38n8me-4%2BLHN6bbiaii2q6diCLGF_SMxugtg@mail.gmail.com>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --6l4MamM01nvoHHHrGOW0Fxre6sNuE1bCm Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="UhONn4HQJKSfS0uQ6hLgB4OWVLT5WCDO1"; protected-headers="v1" From: George Mitchell <george+freebsd@m5p.com> To: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Stable Mailing List <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Message-ID: <d9be6315-d19e-a97e-7828-6278f475329e@m5p.com> Subject: Re: 10.3-RELEASE-p13 "unsupported file layout" References: <c0725ed3-0345-321e-ce05-e324bac89717@m5p.com> <CAN6yY1s1m0=_1+38n8me-4+LHN6bbiaii2q6diCLGF_SMxugtg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAN6yY1s1m0=_1+38n8me-4+LHN6bbiaii2q6diCLGF_SMxugtg@mail.gmail.com> --UhONn4HQJKSfS0uQ6hLgB4OWVLT5WCDO1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 01/11/17 17:20, Kevin Oberman wrote: > [...] >=20 > While I have no suggestions about the error building libc, your stateme= nt > that you can't use freebsd-update due to your use of a custom kernel is= > incorrect. This is a common misconception and, in cases of very limited= > disk space, may be true, it is rare. It is helped by the fact that the = man > page makes no mention of how to so this. (You do still need to build a = new > kernel if the update does, indeed, touch the kernel.) >=20 > All you need is a GENERIC kernel in /boot/GENERIC. You can either build= it > or download it. See the FreeBSD Handbook Section 23.2.3.1, =E2=80=9CCus= tom Kernels > with FreeBSD 9.X and Later=E2=80=9D > <https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/updating-up= grading-freebsdupdate.html#freebsd-update-custom-kernel-9x> > for details on downloading a GENERIC kernel. Before any upgrade, major = or > minor, you might wat to re-reas that section. >=20 > Once the GENERIC kernel is in /boot, you may use freebsd-update and, if= the > GENERIC kernel is not updated, you're good to go. If it is, you will ne= ed > to build and install a new custom kernel and reboot. Since most securit= y > patches don't touch the kernel, this is usually not needed. I believe t= hat > the 10.3 kernel was last touched in p11. > -- > Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Network Engineer > E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com > PGP Fingerprint: D03FB98AFA78E3B78C1694B318AB39EF1B055683 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g" >=20 Thanks, I'll try that the next time I have a chance. When I naively tried a straight "freebsd-update" a few months ago, of course it overwrote my SCHED_4BSD kernel with a SCHED_ULE one. -- George --UhONn4HQJKSfS0uQ6hLgB4OWVLT5WCDO1-- --6l4MamM01nvoHHHrGOW0Fxre6sNuE1bCm Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEENdM4ZHktsJW5kKZXwRES3m+p4fkFAlh2tbEACgkQwRES3m+p 4flClw//cILXOVZq3Tz+PoVThfnCP6mMSiw3W+gj/6g9b432vMIPugwsOt02Egh7 hMvnKLL0jIo/oW4GveqMuOiqv/lSKUIUFYGC3JRH8qmL4u1c3UKiAU6sdFZ8L9+b PCKeHD4RsudlL3obpg40RqekzLCRawU8q/K7Zwayhuvfe7zHT30PBWP/dfrCAFq1 E3x0q/+Aqey2KdUCkqOVEmPz+tY8tZlLNPAf5D8S/e06h7pfjVtbP01c2K0ejg5S fi0EFBQ5gV9lS3/PfCpdRLmps+F5afwWdXJDtA4bWR9/Lt5ug3MC0rPWECldOzLs E6fIpXEWKOKaqbbXFB4RrQcIKYX+3FJOvtfP51ZHGNa+M5fKim8b2iQjbGoOKRK8 xmMWWH5LvYVpMaUFcqYxPya9WkngP+dpD9AKN5zc4UkkwrYOqcFEzA3edkmcfIXl ad7WlT60Ql41IUUKA979/7fWdpxLp78Hl22p9D3VrS+bH+gnHfx9QHKdo+zulik+ /hrGKHh6GQHZv96tDwZA8gSv+ylqNNjpFxGqfdleGS9ApNFS3vzSLQv0302047iG +bliKxv0iRLb7YFJkQITLxcbsIYDt7pQLlU30jiTPf6ByPjryvCThZ/XYicfNxBH VIYykrWxdsD1oWK3eHNCG7AQ+kTSrSyTvzbubnnR1U1IeciCNc0= =847g -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --6l4MamM01nvoHHHrGOW0Fxre6sNuE1bCm--
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