freebsd-update failed?

[mefizto]

Greetings all,

I have run:

freebsd-update fetch
freebsd-update install
shutdown -r now

However, after rebooting it does not seem that the update worked:

$ uname -a
FreeBSD mefisto 8.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE #0: Thu Aug  5 22:04:00 PDT 2010     root@mefisto:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MEFISTO_L  amd64

Re-running:

# freebsd-update fetch
Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 4 mirrors found.
Fetching metadata signature for 8.1-RELEASE from update5.FreeBSD.org... done.
Fetching metadata index... done.
Inspecting system... done.
Preparing to download files... done.

No updates needed to update system to 8.1-RELEASE-p2.
mefisto# freebsd-update install
No updates are available to install.
Run '/usr/sbin/freebsd-update fetch' first.

Why do I not see 8.1-RELEASE-p2 as a response to:

$ uname -a

Kindest regards,

M

 

[rolle]

I am sure, this question was ask thousand times before.
Please used the search engine you trust, or at least the forums search function.

 

[mefizto]

rolle,

I am sure, this question was ask thousand times before.

Well, my search did not reveal thousand questions on this subject; furthermore, none of the answers appears to apply to my situation, e.g., I am running RELEASE, which should be update-able, I did not experience fetch or install failure, etc.

Please used the search engine you trust, or at least the forums search function.

Like your first sentence, this one has some assumptions build into it.

Kindest regards,

M

 

[DutchDaemon]

It has been asked a few times, and answered accordingly: uname reflects the kernel version, and freebsd-update does not always have updates for the kernel. If only the base system is updated, but not the kernel, uname will show the old version. This is a known 'shortcoming', and there have been discussions on how to circumvent it, e.g. by using a systctl, a version file, etc. Still undecided. One such discussion: http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=20154