Re: FreeBSD-update?

On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:00:47 +0000 (UTC), Walter Hurry wrote:
> When I issue 'freebsd-update fetch install I see this:
> ----------------------------------------
> Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 3 mirrors found.
> Fetching metadata signature for 9.1-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 9.1-RELEASE-p2.
> No updates are available to install.
> ----------------------------------------
> So if 'No updates (are) needed to update system to 9.1-RELEASE-p2',
> how do I actually update to 9.1-RELEASE-p2?
> 
> $ uname -r
> 9.1-RELEASE

The kernel's version message will only change if the _kernel_
has been receiving changes. So, for example, if you update
from 9.1 to 9.1-p2, and _no_ change has been written to the
kernel, it will still report 9.1, even though the updates
for -p2 have been applied to other places (like system binaries
or libraries).

You can use the -r option to freebsd-update to explicitely
specify a version to update to. See "man freebsd-update" for
details.

-- 
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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