FreeBSD-update

Carmel NY carmel_ny at outlook.com
Sun Jan 11 17:15:36 UTC 2015


Okay, I am confused. I just read the literature at:
https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-EN-14:13.freebsd-update.asc

The output of uname on my machine is:
FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE #0 r274401: Tue Nov 11 21:02:49 UTC 2014

This is after I just ran freebsd-update (both fetch and install). It doesn't
look my my system was updated as shown on the web page.

I then read the info from the URL posted above.

My question is, do I have to make the changes the the "freebsd-update.conf"
file before I run "freebsd-update"? The components line reads:

# Components of the base system which should be kept updated.
Components src world kernel

Do I have to follow these instructions from the web page:

IV.  Workaround

The first issue is strictly speaking a configuration error.  To
address it, update /etc/freebsd-update.conf to reflect the set of
components that are installed on the system.  Specifically, replace
"world" on the Components line with "world/base", and add "world/doc"
and / or "world/games" if those those components were selected during
installation.

The second issue is harmless and can safely be ignored.  A workaround
has been put in place on the freebsd-update(8) build server so the error
will not occur while installing the update that corrects it.

I cannot afford to make my system "unbootable", so unless I am sure of what I
am doing, I would rather just leave it alone for now.

-- 
Carmel


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