Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2013 12:15:27 -0600 From: Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> To: andreas scherrer <ascherrer@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-update patches custom /boot/kernel/kernel which it should not Message-ID: <FE07BE5C4AC64D520798F214@utd71538.campus.ad.utdallas.edu> In-Reply-To: <50E4724E.9050706@gmail.com> References: <50E4724E.9050706@gmail.com>
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--On January 2, 2013 6:45:50 PM +0100 andreas scherrer <ascherrer@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > > This can be considered a follow up to the message "How to keep > freebsd-update from trashing custom kernel?" sent to this list by Brett > Glass on August 13th 2012 (see [1]). Unfortunately there is no solution > to the problem in that thread (or I cannot see it). > > I am running currently running 9.0-RELEASE-p4 and freebsd-update > recommends to update to p5. It states: > > ----- > The following files will be updated as part of updating to 9.0-RELEASE-p5: > /boot/kernel/kernel > <snip> > ----- > > And from experience this is what it will do: replace /boot/kernel/kernel > which is my custom kernel with a GENERIC kernel. > > As it seems that freebsd-update works by comparing a hash of > /boot/kernel/kernel with the GENERIC kernel's hash I checked the md5 and > sha1 hash of /boot/kernel/kernel and /boot/GENERIC/kernel. They differ > (see [3]). > > So why is freebsd-update going to overwrite my custom kernel? And how > can I prevent it from doing so? > Read man (5) freebsd-update.conf. Particularly the COMPONENTS portion that explains how to update world without changing kernel. -- Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions are my own and not those of my employer. ******************************************* "It is as useless to argue with those who have renounced the use of reason as to administer medication to the dead." Thomas Jefferson "There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in them." George Orwell
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