freebsd-update question

Sun Sep 28 18:46:34 UTC 2014

I did this multiple times:

#freebsd-update install
Installing updates...
Completing this upgrade requires removing old shared object files.
Please rebuild all installed 3rd party software (e.g., programs
installed from the ports tree) and then run "/usr/sbin/freebsd-update install"
again to finish installing updates.

# reboot

still at 8.3-RELEASE

Since I am running the xenhvm kernel on an Amazon AWS server, I must
update the kernel manually right?

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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