Re: Fwd: Kernel Update Issue on FreeBSD 14.2-RELEASE

the reason for that is simply because freebsd-update checks whether there is a need of updating kernel binaries on a patch or not and it has been the case that there has been no need to update the kernel on p2 and p3,since those patches are just userland changes
-------- Original Message --------
On 09/06/25 7:49 am, Maku Bex <zagazaw2004@gmail.com> wrote:

>  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
>  
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