Re: Kernel and userland patch levels (was: Unable to update to 14.1-p6)

hOn Sun, Nov 17, 2024 at 2:00 AM Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com>
wrote:

> On 16/11/2024 18:45, Kevin Oberman wrote:
> > … I am baffled. A reboot leaves me at p5, but I can't seem to get p6
> > as freebsd-update seems to think it's already installed, but
> > freebsd-version shows:
> >
> > # freebsd-version -kur
> > 14.1-RELEASE-p5
> > 14.1-RELEASE-p5
> > 14.1-RELEASE-p6
> >
> > …
>
> Patch levels do frequently baffle people,
> <https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/faq/> lacks a hint.
>
> The unofficial bokut.in patch level table can sometimes help. In this
> case, <https://bokut.in/freebsd-patch-level-table/#releng/14.1>.
>
> Ask yourselves: did any of the four patches, for level 6, affect a
> kernel file?
>
> hier(7)
> <
> https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=hier&sektion=7&manpath=freebsd-release
> >
>

Why, kind of you to ask, since I did neglect to note in my post that the
update in question does update the kernel (sys/cam/ctl.c) which is why the
periodic security run daily complains that the kernel is not at p6. As a
result, I see this warning every day. So I have an update that was fetched
and installed and after a reboot still shows the kernel at p5. I have not
dug into determining whether the kernel patch was ot applied or whether the
kernel version was not updated, leaving it claiming to be p5 when it was
actually p6.

I think it's pretty clear that there is a bug somewhere in the update, so I
guess it's time for me to open a ticket. At least, as a result of my post I
can open it as "affects some people".
-- 
Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Network Engineer
E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com
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