On Thu, 05 Jun 2014 16:12:22 -0400
R. Scott Evans wrote:
> On 06/05/14 14:46, Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> > "R. Scott Evans" <freebsd-security@rsle.net> writes:
> >
> >> After updating via the binary patch method with freebsd-update,
> >> uname still reports 9.2-RELEASE-p7 even after reboot. An
> >> additional freebsd-update after this initial update however does
> >> not report anything new to update (aside from the ongoing
> >> persistent /boot/kernel/linker.hints).
> >
> > Makes sense. The kernel doesn't use SSL internally.
>
> I would agree except the advisory says this problem is corrected in
> 9.2-RELEASE-p8. Likewise, the freebsd-update explicitly says "The
> following files will be updated as part of updating to
> 9.2-RELEASE-p8".
The version is recorded in the kernel; freebsd-update doesn't update
the kernel just to update the version.
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