8.2-RELEASE-p4
Matthew Seaman
m.seaman at infracaninophile.co.uk
Sun Nov 20 07:37:35 UTC 2011
On 19/11/2011 23:26, Robert Simmons wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 3:50 PM, Matthew Seaman
> <m.seaman at infracaninophile.co.uk> wrote:
>> If you compile your own kernel, then freebsd-update will patch the
>> kernel sources, but leave you to rebuild and reinstall your customized
>> kernel.
>>
>> I don't know about the -p4 update. By rights it should have involved
>> updating the kernel by one or other of the two methods shown. So far
>> however, we've seen two reports questioning that[*] and none saying that
>> the -p4 update did in fact update the kernel. Which is suspicious, but
>> hardly conclusive.
>
> Do you compile your own kernel, or do you have a machine that uses
> GENERIC? If you do, what is the output of uname -a on it?
Me personally? No, in general I track -STABLE on my systems. Try
asking the OP.
Matthew
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