Solved Where can I find/read the correcvt current patch level ?

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Peacekeeper2000

One of my system has

freebsd-version -uk
13.1-RELEASE-p3
13.1-RELEASE-p5

which means that user and kernel patch level are "divorce" :D How can I identify that are the latest patch level ?
( I do have a cron-job with freebsd-update fetch etc. I just wonder is there a web-page where the patches are listed.

This also brings up the question , how can I identify before installation, that after the patch I need to reboot ?
( freebsd-version -kr is a post-install verification.)

Any suggestions or links to pages ?
 
I think most userland updates don't require a reboot, kernel updates do. Worst case on userland is you may need to manually restart a service (I think sshd required this recently)
freebsd-version "-urk" can help. The "r" says the version of the currently running kernel, "k" is the installed/updated. If they are the same, no reboot needed.
 
VladiBG said:
www.freebsd.org

FreeBSD Security Advisories

FreeBSD is an operating system used to power modern servers, desktops, and embedded platforms.
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FreeBSD Errata Notices

FreeBSD is an operating system used to power modern servers, desktops, and embedded platforms.
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The last was new to me, all others I already knew. These list tell you by which patch level a security issue is solved. They don't tell you what the latest (and greatest :D ) patch level is. You could assume something out of it, but that is an assumtion.

So I still wonder whether there is a page that tell you the latest patch level ?

mer said:
I think most userland updates don't require a reboot, kernel updates do. Worst case on userland is you may need to manually restart a service (I think sshd required this recently)
freebsd-version "-urk" can help. The "r" says the version of the currently running kernel, "k" is the installed/updated. If they are the same, no reboot needed.
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Using freebsd-version is the post-installation way to understand whether a reboot is required ( (when -k and -r are differ ) . But the question is, where do I get the information before installing. An automatic reboot after a power shutdown will change the running kernel to the installed one - and that is what I might not want. Or a different scenario may be that I don't want to change anything on that machine's kernel as it is currently running a special program ....

So is there a page with this or the above mentioned information ?
 
SirDice said:
Look at the last security advisory and errata notices. That's the patch level you should have.
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Hmm, the current latest is FreeBSD-SA-22:15.ping . When I look inside I could find ...RELEASE-p5 or RELEASE-p10 dependinhg on the major version. But is now ...RELEASE-p5 the latest patch ?
It might be. But this is an indirect notice as it only tells you that this security issue is solved with this patch - not that this is the latest patch.

So is this the only way to identify the latest patch ? (byside freebsd-update)
 
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