RE: freebsd-update problem (on 6.2)

Colin,
Can I use freebsd-update to update from 6.1-STABLE-200608 to the latest
version? When I try to run the program it says its not compatible... Is
there a way to force it to update anyway, and is there any reason I would
NOT want to force it?

I'm just trying to figure out the best way to get my machine updated, which
was installed from a snapshot ISO, without having to do a buildworld.

Thanks!
Don

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-freebsd-stable@xxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Colin Percival
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 11:26 AM
To: Miroslav Lachman
Cc: freebsd-stable@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: freebsd-update problem (on 6.2)

Miroslav Lachman wrote:
I did cvsup to RELENG_6_2 today and make build(world|kernel)
install(kernel|world)

After mergemaster & reboot uname reports 6.2-RELEASE-p3 but
`freebsd-update fetch` downloads patches "to 6.2-RELEASE-p3" so I
installed them by `freebsd-update install`.

uname reports 6.2-RELEASE-p2 after reboot!

This is correct. uname(1) reports the kernel version, and the change from
6.2-RELEASE-p2 to 6.2-RELEASE-p3 did not affect the kernel.

The following files are affected by updates, but no changes have been
downloaded because the files have been modified locally:
/etc/rc.d/jail

This is correct. The version you have here is not the version which was
distributed with the release -- it's the version in the latest RELENG_6_2.

Colin Percival
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