freebsd-update

[Eirik Øverby]

Your uname -a will say you're running -STABLE, not -RELEASE-something. This is a result of using source upgrades to anything but RELENG_6_X in the past. Which, in turn, is why freebsd-update fails.

Move /usr/bin/uname out of the way, create a shell script like so:

---
#!/bin/sh
/usr/bin/uname.org $* | sed s/STABLE/RELEASE/g
---

and chmod 755 it. Then try again. I know, it's ugly, and it might get you into trouble. But it Worked For Me.

Oh and I suppose this belongs on the -users or -stable list?

/Eirik

On Dec 2, 2009, at 6:21 PM, Matthew Herzog wrote:

> On 12/02/2009 09:11 AM, Alex Huth wrote:
>> Hello!
>> 
>> Is it no longer possible to update minor 6.x releases to 6.3 or 6.4 with the
>> script mentioned on the announcement off 6.3?
>> 
>> http://www.freebsd.org/releases/6.3R/announce.html
>> 
>> Using it i get the error:
>> 
>> Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 3 mirrors found.
>> Fetching public key from update2.FreeBSD.org... failed.
>> Fetching public key from update5.FreeBSD.org... failed.
>> Fetching public key from update4.FreeBSD.org... failed.
>> No mirrors remaining, giving up.
> 
> It fails for me too. I tried to update from 7.2 (i386) to 8.0.
> I got the same error. I tried importing the public key manually and that failed too.
> 
> Boo.
> 
>> 
>> telnet to that systems is possible.
>> 
>> Thx
>> 
>> Alex
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