From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 24 19:43:25 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5F7ECB1C for ; Tue, 24 Mar 2015 19:43:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fly.hiwaay.net (fly.hiwaay.net [216.180.54.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 225BCCBF for ; Tue, 24 Mar 2015 19:43:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from kabini1.local (rbn1-216-180-19-65.adsl.hiwaay.net [216.180.19.65]) (authenticated bits=0) by fly.hiwaay.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/fly) with ESMTP id t2OJhMs3022179 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 24 Mar 2015 14:43:23 -0500 Message-ID: <5511BFD1.8060202@hiwaay.net> Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2015 14:49:37 -0500 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-update question References: <5510A3AA.3020801@hiwaay.net> <5510DBBB.3040703@hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2015 19:43:25 -0000 On 03/24/15 13:23, Paul Smith wrote: >>> It would appear there is nothing in /usr/src. These errors would be >>> expected since that doesn't exist. You should remove the 'src' >>> keyword current in the default 'Components src world kernel' line in >>> /etc/freebsd-update.conf. That would keep freebsd-update(8) from >>> trying to maintain source and prevent the errors from happening again. >>> >>> Jason >>> >> Hmmmmm .... OK, give it a go: >> >> [root@kabini1, /etc, 10:33:16pm] 351 % freebsd-update fetch >> Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 5 mirrors found. >> Fetching metadata signature for 9.3-RELEASE from update6.freebsd.org... >> done. >> Fetching metadata index... done. >> Inspecting system... done. >> Preparing to download files... done. >> >> No updates needed to update system to 9.3-RELEASE-p12. >> whew !!!! that took (23.643 cpu + 8.602 sys) sec., 0:32.67 elapsed time >> tot, 98.6% CPU efficiency >> (22 text, 524 data, 6644 max) KB, (0+43) io, 0 pfs + 0 swaps >> [root@kabini1, /etc, 10:34:02pm] 352 % freebsd-update install >> No updates are available to install. > > > When you ran freebsd-update fetch you received the response "No > updates needed to update system to 9.3-RELEASE-p12." So you are at > 9.3-RELEASE-p12. As Jason stated, you probably do not have /usr/src > on that system which caused the "No such file or directory" errors you > received but the binary updates must have been installed. > > -- > Paul Smith > I had /usr/src, but it was empty. I removed 'src' from the freebsd-update-conf file & got the above. uname thinks I am still @ p10: [root@kabini1, /etc, 10:44:24am] 333 % uname -a FreeBSD kabini1.local 9.3-RELEASE-p10 FreeBSD 9.3-RELEASE-p10 #0: Tue Feb 24 21:28:03 UTC 2015 root@amd64-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 [root@kabini1, /etc, 2:48:47pm] 334 % base DB out of alignment ? -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.