Upgrading from 8.0-RELEASE-p4 to 8.0-RELEASE-p5

rbelk

rbelk

Has anyone installed the updates from 8-p4 to 8-p5 today? I did and 'uname -a' doesn't show the correct patch level. I have rebooted the server.

Code: 
[rbelk@rbserver: /home/rbelk] 07:49:28 AM <1014> $ sudo freebsd-update fetch install
Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 4 mirrors found.
Fetching metadata signature for 8.0-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 8.0-RELEASE-p5.
No updates are available to install.
Run '/usr/sbin/freebsd-update fetch' first.
zsh: exit 1     sudo freebsd-update fetch install


Code: 
[rbelk@rbserver: /home/rbelk] 07:49:28 AM <1013> $ uname -a
FreeBSD rbserver.umsmed.edu 8.0-RELEASE-p4 FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE-p4 #0: Mon Jul 12 20:22:27 UTC 2010     root@i386-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  i386
 
Same thing with 8.1-RELEASE, which doesn't show "-p1" in the [CMD=""]uname -a[/cmd] output after updating. Apparently this is because [cmd=]uname[/cmd] only shows the patch level of the kernel, and the kernel was not altered by yesterday's update (which was confined to bzip2/bunzip2 libraries, binaries, and other associated files, if I understand correctly). If you have the source installed and updated it, you can always find the current patch level in the file /usr/src/sys/conf/newvers.sh
 
You will only see a higher patch-level when the kernel itself was patched. If only userland was patched but not the kernel, the patch-level in uname will not show changes.
 
Thanks, DutchDaemon, for the formatting help above. I used the 'quick reply' box, didn't have the option to preview, and so didn't realize I had screwed up the tag until after I posted. And then couldn't edit it, since I'm still new here. Anyway, thanks.
 
You can always 'Go Advanced' with the button under the QR box (without losing already typed text).
 
I think that might only apply to binary updates. After a source update,

Code: 
uname -a

shows

Code: 
8.1-RELEASE-p1
 
That's quite likely, since a source upgrade does touch the kernel, so the new information is updated on that occasion.
 
DutchDaemon said:
You will only see a higher patch-level when the kernel itself was patched. If only userland was patched but not the kernel, the patch-level in uname will not show changes.
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Thanks DutchDaemon, I remembered that after you reminded me. I guess I'm getting old and forgetful. :P
 
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