11.0-RELEASE-p3 question

Waitman Gobble gobble.wa at gmail.com
Thu Nov 17 17:57:38 UTC 2016


On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 9:47 AM, Robroy Gregg <robroy at robroygregg.com> wrote:
>
> Good day Waitman,
>
> On Thu, 17 Nov 2016, Waitman Gobble wrote:
>
>> I seem to recall updating this machine a week or two ago. But it
>> reports it's running p2.
>>
>> Is there an issue?
>
>
> The FreeBSD kernel and userland have separate patch levels; this is because
> some patches only apply to one or the other.
>
> So, your kernel is at "p2," while your userland is at "p3."  This just means
> that the most recent round of patches didn't update the kernel.
>
> Try "freebsd-version -k," and "freebsd-version -u," to see the different
> levels.
>
> Wellbeing to you, Waitman.
>
> Robroy

Thanks, Mystery solved.

# freebsd-version -k
11.0-RELEASE-p2
# freebsd-version -u
11.0-RELEASE-p3




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