freebsd-update says -p3, but i've got -p2
Matthew Seaman
m.seaman at infracaninophile.co.uk
Sat Jul 19 16:50:34 UTC 2008
Manolis Kiagias wrote:
> This is not a problem with freebsd-update. The kernel has not changed
> between -p2 and -p3, so freebsd-update will not get you an updated
> one. If you recompile the kernel afterwards, it will show -p3 because
> of the change in /usr/src/sys/conf/newvers.sh (this changes everytime
> freebsd-update gets new updates, regardless of whether the kernel is
> updated or not). So, simply by recompiling the kernel you will get
> the -p3 indication, though nothing much else in this case.
I had a thought the other day that it should be possible to to provide
the system patch level as data within a very small KLD module. That way
freebsd-update could change the value without having to supply a whole
new kernel and without having to reboot.
Cheers,
Matthew
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