freebsd-update says -p3, but i've got -p2

[Manolis Kiagias]

Mark Boolootian wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I've done a couple of fresh installs on 7.0-RELEASE today, and
> subsequently run freebsd-update.  freebsd-update reports:
>
>   The following files will be updated as part of updating to 7.0-RELEASE-p3:
>   /boot/kernel/kernel
>   /boot/kernel/kernel.symbols
>   /usr/bin/dig
>   /usr/bin/host
>   /usr/bin/nslookup
>   /usr/bin/nsupdate
>   /usr/include/netinet/tcp.h
>   /usr/lib/libssh.a
>   /usr/lib/libssh.so.4
>   /usr/lib/libssh_p.a
>   /usr/sbin/dnssec-signzone
>   /usr/sbin/lwresd
>   /usr/sbin/named
>   /usr/sbin/named-checkconf
>   /usr/sbin/named-checkzone
>   /usr/sbin/named-compilezone
>   /usr/sbin/sshd
>   /usr/src/sys/conf/newvers.sh
>   /usr/src/sys/netinet/tcp.h
>   /usr/src/sys/netinet/tcp_output.c
>
> which leads me to conclude I've got -p3, including the BIND update.
> However 'uname -a' says something else:
>
> FreeBSD mumble.ucsc.edu 7.0-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE-p2 #0: Wed Jun 18 07:33:20 UTC 2008     root at i386-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  i386
>
> And although /usr/sbin/named has been updated, it appears not to have
> been upgraded:
>
> $ /usr/sbin/named -v
> BIND 9.4.2
>
> Thoughts?
>
>   

You've got p3, don't worry. There was no kernel update in p3, hence you 
got the p2 GENERIC kernel. If you want uname to actually show p3, you 
will have to recompile your kernel,  using something like this (assuming 
you got the kernel sources installed and intend to keep using GENERIC):

cd /usr/src
make buildkernel installkernel KERNCONF=GENERIC
and then reboot

However the only difference will be in the -p number, nothing else so 
you don't have to do it.

FWIW, the /usr/src/sys/conf/newvers.sh contains the -p number you see in 
uname, and this changes everytime freebsd-update fetches updates - 
whether they include kernel updates or not.  Some people (especially 
those responsible for large number of machines) will recompile the 
kernel anyway, so they can easily see their patchlevel using uname.