Problem updating 10.1-RELEASE to 10.1-RELEASE-p3

M

marosh

How come the system does not show patch level?
Is Bug 196055 to blame?

Couple of weeks ago I tried to update my system and it failed on Bug 196055.
Today I tried again and same result (no patch level provided).
So I did rollback and rebooted and then did update ( freebsd-update fetch and freebsd-update install).
Again no patch level.

Code: 
# uname -a
FreeBSD ahost 10.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE #0 r274401: Tue Nov 11 21:02:49 UTC 2014  root@releng1.nyi.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  amd64
Code: 
# freebsd-update fetch
Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... none found.
Fetching metadata signature for 10.1-RELEASE from update.FreeBSD.org... done.
Fetching metadata index... done.
Inspecting system... done.
Preparing to download files... done.

No updates needed to update system to 10.1-RELEASE-p3.
 
The referenced bug does not apply. None of the updates to 10.1 have updated kernel hence the kernel version displayed by uname does not change. Hence the reason the freebsd-version mentioned by gkbsd above was introduced.
 
junovitch said:
The referenced bug does not apply. None of the updates to 10.1 have updated kernel hence the kernel version displayed by uname does not change. Hence the reason the freebsd-version mentioned by gkbsd above was introduced.
Click to expand...
OK, I understand now.

1. Is it possible to update to specific patch level without compiling sources?
For example there's latest patch level number 5 and I want to upgrade to p2.

2. I cannot find version number in security advisories.
For example there's SA for ntp. I'd like to make sure that my ntp was updated properly, so I'd invoke ntp --version (or something like that) and compare output with version number published somewhere on FreeBSD page.

3. Where can I find content of a patch level on FreeBSD page?
By content I mean list of files which would be updated.
 
marosh said:
1. Is it possible to update to specific patch level without compiling sources?
For example there's latest patch level number 5 and I want to upgrade to p2.
Click to expand...
freebsd-update(8) will always give you the latest patch level. I don't think you can upgrade to an older patch level. And I don't see why you'd want to anyway. Those patches are security fixes and you don't want to be lagging when it comes to security, do you?

marosh said:
Where can I find content of a patch level on FreeBSD page?
Click to expand...
When freebsd-update(8) fetches the updates, it will show you a list of all the files that will be modified in both kernel and world.
 
marosh said:
OK, I understand now.
1. Is it possible to update to specific patch level without compiling sources?
For example there's latest patch level number 5 and I want to upgrade to p2.
Click to expand...

By default you get the most recent. Only the bare minimum changes in security advisories so it makes sense that they can just be applied.

marosh said:
2. I cannot find version number in security advisories.
For example there's SA for ntp. I'd like to make sure that my ntp was updated properly, so I'd invoke ntp --version (or something like that) and compare output with version number published somewhere on FreeBSD page.
Click to expand...

Tailing off the prior answer, changing version numbers is more than the "bare minimum". Typically changing a version means introducing new upstream features which is not desirable in a RELEASE so you can't rely on version numbers to tell you if the change has been patched.

marosh said:
3. Where can I find content of a patch level on FreeBSD page?
By content I mean list of files which would be updated.
Click to expand...

The security advisory is your main source of information, read it and heed it. At the bottom of each, it describes how to view what files have changed using the online SVNWeb interface. Give that a try on the recent NTP advisory.
https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:31.ntp.asc
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top