Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2011 00:01:15 -0700 From: Jason Helfman <jhelfman@e-e.com> To: n dhert <ndhertbsd@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FBSD82 sec patch -p4, uname still -p3 Message-ID: <20111007070114.GA46357@eggman.experts-exchange.com> In-Reply-To: <CAEFCw4v9v5f3fatEhff60LdLjhcMcsAAbWeWzh5GiMin9SsXYA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAEFCw4v9v5f3fatEhff60LdLjhcMcsAAbWeWzh5GiMin9SsXYA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Oct 07, 2011 at 08:55:26AM +0200, n dhert thus spake: >I just applied security patch -p4 (last week -p3) to a freebsd 8.2 system >(generic kernel) ># freebsd-update fetch ># freebsd-update install ># ls -la /usr/src/sys/conf/newvers.sh >has date of today and contains >REVISION="8.2" >BRANCH="RELEASE-p4" >reboot ># uname -r >8.2-RELEASE-p3 >still shows -p3 not -p4 ># uname -a >FreeBSD mcsbu.cde.ua.ac.be 8.2-RELEASE-p3 FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE-p3 #0: Tue Sep >27 18:45:57 UTC 2011 >root@amd64-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 > >why? >-p4 was a small patch to linux emulation mode, which I don't have installed >is this why it is still -p3 ? If your kernel wasn't touched during the update, then uname won't bump. -jgh -- Jason Helfman System Administrator experts-exchange.com http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_4830110.html E4AD 7CF1 1396 27F6 79DD 4342 5E92 AD66 8C8C FBA5
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