Fwd: Kernel Update Issue on FreeBSD 14.2-RELEASE

From: Maku Bex <zagazaw2004_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 02:18:00 UTC
Hello,

I'm experiencing an unusual problem with my standard installation of 
FreeBSD 14.2-RELEASE. It seems that I'm unable to update the kernel to 
the latest patch (p3). In an attempt to resolve this, I rolled back the 
update and tried again. I also renamed the /var/db/freebsd-update 
directory, moved it, and created a new one, but unfortunately, I still 
haven't had any success.

Any insights or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!


Technical details:

$> uname -a
FreeBSD redbox 14.2-RELEASE-p1 FreeBSD 14.2-RELEASE-p1 GENERIC amd64

$> freebsd-version -kru
14.2-RELEASE-p1
14.2-RELEASE-p1
14.2-RELEASE-p3

$> strings /boot/kernel/kernel | grep RELEASE
RELEASE(10)
RELEASE ELEMENT(10)
failed to send PCI_RESOURCES_RELEASED
RESERVATION_RELEASE
AE_RELEASE_DEADLOCK
RELEASE(6)
RELEASE ELEMENT(6)
synaptics: button RELEASE: %d
@(#)FreeBSD 14.2-RELEASE-p1 GENERIC
FreeBSD 14.2-RELEASE-p1 GENERIC
14.2-RELEASE-p1

$> sudo ls -lah /var/db/freebsd-update
total 145
drwx------   3 root wheel    9B Jun  5 22:01 .
drwxr-xr-x  14 root wheel   23B Jun  5 21:45 ..
drwxr-xr-x   2 root wheel    4B Jun  5 21:45 files
-rw-r--r--   1 root wheel  800B Apr 10 09:52 pub.ssl
-rw-r--r--   1 root wheel   90B Jun  5 22:01 serverlist
-rw-r--r--   1 root wheel   90B Jun  5 22:01 serverlist_full
-rw-r--r--   1 root wheel   25B Jun  5 22:01 serverlist_tried
-rw-r--r--   1 root wheel  150B Jun  5 22:01 tINDEX.present
-rw-r--r--   1 root wheel  112B Jun  5 22:01 tag