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

I see. This is a bit confusing when trying to inventory the system's 
updates. Is there a utility that reports both? Aside from FreeBSD's own 
tools, I use 'fastfetch' which only reports the 'kernel's version.

Wismos@proton.me wrote:
> 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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