Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:11:53 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <matthew@freebsd.org> To: Melanie Schulte <m-freebsd@fuglos.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Keeping FreeBSD uptodate with svn, freebsd-update complaining Message-ID: <5167CFD9.6070106@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1304121006120.97371@m.fuglos.org> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1304121006120.97371@m.fuglos.org>
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On 12/04/2013 09:19, Melanie Schulte wrote: > [I wasn't sure what the most appropriate list for this issue is...] > > Hello! > > Recently (after the latest OpenSSL security issue) I have updated my > FreeBSD install from source. i.e., I have updated my source tree > (under /usr/src) with svn and did the > buildworld/buildkernel/installkernel/mergemaster/installworld/mergemaster > procedure. For completeness: My source tree contains this code > revision: > > URL: https://svn0.us-west.freebsd.org/base/releng/9.1 > Repository Root: https://svn0.us-west.freebsd.org/base > Repository UUID: ccf9f872-aa2e-dd11-9fc8-001c23d0bc1f > Revision: 249029 > > This was my first time, but I was following the handbook closely and > everything seems to have worked just fine. > > # uname -a > FreeBSD XXX 9.1-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE-p2 #5 r249029: Wed Apr 3 > 12:29:28 CEST 2013 root@XXX:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/FUGLOS amd64 > > But what I don't understand is the following. Whenever I execute > 'freebsd-update fetch' (I had added a 'freebsd-update cron' to my > crontab), the output below(!) is generated. > > It's not clear to me what this actually means: > > * Why does freebsd-update want to update my system to 9.1-RELEASE-p2, > although I _am_ running that version already? > > * Why does it want to update that specific list of files? This is just > a subset of of the the binary files which should have been installed > from installworld. What is special about this subset? > > * What is the proper way to 'resolve' this situation? > > I would be happy about some insights/pointers/help here! > Thank you very much, > melanie > Hi, Melanie, Your main problem here is trying to mix usage of SVN with usage of freebsd-update. You can use either one of those methods but not both. Unless you prefer to build your own, I'd recommend sticking with freebsd-update. It's much simpler and quicker to keep your systems up to date than the alternative. To recover from the mix of files you have from freebsd-update and self-compiled, it should be sufficient to run 'freebsd-update install' This is going to rewrite all the files that freebsd-update knows about that were altered by your self-built update: ie. most of the OS. Definitely make sure you have good backups before doing that. Yes, it may say 'upgrading to 9.1-RELEASE-p2' but that's because it is comparing against the previous version you got from freebsd-update, not what you compiled yourself. The list of files it shows are specifically the files that were changed between FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE-p1 and 9.1-RELEASE-p2. freebsd-update is fast largely because it only installs the changed bits onto your system. Cheers, Matthew
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