freebsd-update question

Sun Sep 28 18:36:15 UTC 2014

So your kernel won't be updated because you are running a custom kernel.
Your uname is based on the running kernel.

If you want to confirm that you've in fact updated, you can reboot to the
GENERIC kernel which will confirm you are at 8.4 or whatever. FreeBSD
update is a binary update based on the release versions -- deviate from
them and it doesn't break, but it can't touch those files.

Since you know enough to put a custom kernel on there, you should follow
the source rebuild instructions which would be basically be to svn down the
whole 8.4 source tree, make the world, make the kernel and install it,
reboot, and install the world.

I think the directions are in the FreeBSD handbook.

Best,

On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 1:26 PM, Valeri Galtsev <galtsev at kicp.uchicago.edu>
wrote:

>
> On Sun, September 28, 2014 10:01 am, firmdog at gmail.com wrote:
> > I just installed a brand new 8.3 box and got the same behavior. I see
> > in my output below that I have to build or update my own kernel?
> >
> >
> > # uname -a
> > FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE #0: Tue Apr 10 17:33:58 UTC
> > 2012     root at mynewhost:/usr/obj/i386/usr/src/sys/XENHVM  i386
> > #
> >
> > Starting the upgrade attempt:
> >
> > # freebsd-update -r 8.4-RELEASE upgrade
> > Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 5 mirrors found.
> > Fetching public key from update6.freebsd.org... done.
> > Fetching metadata signature for 8.3-RELEASE from update6.freebsd.org...
> > done.
> > Fetching metadata index... done.
> > Fetching 2 metadata files... done.
> > Inspecting system... done.
> >
> > WARNING: This system is running a "xenhvm" kernel, which is not a
> > kernel configuration distributed as part of FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE.
> > This kernel will not be updated: you MUST update the kernel manually
> > before running "/usr/sbin/freebsd-update install".
> >
> > The following components of FreeBSD seem to be installed:
> > src/base src/bin src/cddl src/contrib src/crypto src/etc src/games
> > src/gnu src/include src/krb5 src/lib src/libexec src/release src/rescue
> > src/sbin src/secure src/share src/sys src/tools src/ubin src/usbin
> > world/base world/dict world/doc world/games world/info world/manpages
> > world/proflibs
> >
> > The following components of FreeBSD do not seem to be installed:
> > kernel/generic world/catpages
> >
> > Does this look reasonable (y/n)? y
> >
> > Fetching metadata signature for 8.4-RELEASE from update6.freebsd.org...
> > done.
> > Fetching metadata index... done.
> > Fetching 1 metadata patches. done.
> > Applying metadata patches... done.
> > Fetching 1 metadata files... done.
> > Inspecting system... done.
> > Fetching files from 8.3-RELEASE for merging... done.
> > Preparing to download files...
> > done.
> > Fetching 32149
> >
> patches.....10....20....30....40....50....60....70....80....90....100....110....120....130....140....150....160....170....180....
> > SNIP….
> > done.
> > Applying patches...
> > Fetching 778 files... done.
> > Attempting to automatically merge changes in files... done.
> >
> > The following file could not be merged automatically: /etc/mail/
> freebsd.cf
> > Press Enter to edit this file in vi and resolve the conflicts
> > manually...
> >
> > Then a bunch more of /etc/mail files and also a merge of
> > /etc/master.passwd:
> >
> > Then this:
> >
> > The following files will be updated as part of updating to
> > 8.4-RELEASE-p16:
> >
> > Then I run this:
> >
> > # freebsd-update install
> > Installing updates...
> > Kernel updates have been installed.  Please reboot and run
> > "/usr/sbin/freebsd-update install" again to finish installing updates.
> >
> > # reboot
> >
>
> In last message before reboot it instructed to "reboot then run
>
> /usr/sbin/freebsd-update install
>
> again". Did you run "freebsd-update install" after reboot?
>
> Valeri
>
> >
> > #uname -a
> > FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE #0: Tue Apr 10 17:33:58 UTC
> > 2012     root at mynewhost:/usr/obj/i386/usr/src/sys/XENHVM  i386
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 5:06 AM, FF <fusionfoto at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Can you provide the output of those commands? Freebsd-update is usually
> >> pretty good about telling you what's wrong.
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 3:02 PM, firmdog at gmail.com <firmdog at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Yes I ran freebsd-update install. Then I rebooted. Then I did it again.
> >>> Still at 8.3
> >>> On Sep 27, 2014 2:37 PM, "Dave" <davemorgan353 at btinternet.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> > On 27 September 2014 18:22:15 BST, "firmdog at gmail.com"
> >>> > <firmdog at gmail.com>
> >>> > wrote:
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Hi,
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Trying to use freebsd-update to go from 8.3 to 8.4 and I am doing
> >>> this:
> >>> >>
> >>> >> # freebsd-update -r 8.4-RELEASE upgrade
> >>> >> # freebsd-update install
> >>> >> # reboot
> >>> >>
> >>> >> After reboot I am still at 8.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE #0
> >>> >>
> >>> >> What am I doing wrong?
> >>> >> ------------------------------
> >>> >>
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> >>> >>
> >>> > Don't you need run rub "freebsd-update install"?
> >>> > --
> >>> > Dave
> >>> >
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FF