--XsQoSWH+UP9D9v3l Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 01:36:52PM -0600, Brett Glass wrote: > This is one of several reasons why one would expect freebsd-update(8) to = be > considerate of a custom kernel: it is documented as knowing about > /boot/GENERIC as the place to put he GENERIC kernel if one builds a > custom one. >=20 Let's start from the beginning. What is the name of your custom kernel? Glen > Also, I don't think that freebsd-update(8) should, in the course of a nor= mal > update, create a situation where the system is not be able to reboot. This > would have been the case with the system I updated, had I not caught > the problem. >=20 > I daresay that a system that stops working after a routine update is > a violation > of POLA. ;-) >=20 > In my case, the GENERIC kernel was installed in place of the custom > one, without > modules the system needed -- in either loadable or built-in form. It's ea= sy to > prevent this by modifying /boot/GENERIC (which freebsd-update is > supposed to know > about) instead of overwriting the custom kernel... and then advising the > administrator that a new build might be needed. >=20 > --Brett Glass >=20 > At 10:26 AM 4/30/2013, Chris Rees wrote: >=20 > >I agreed with Glen, but when checking the docs it turns out that they say > >that freebsd-update will detect a kernel in /boot/GENERIC: > > > >http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/updating-upgrading-freebsdupdate.html > > > >Are the docs wrong, or is this only in new freebsd-update? > > > >Chris > >_______________________________________________ > >[email protected] mailing list > >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security > >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]= rg" --XsQoSWH+UP9D9v3l Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJRgDRzAAoJEFJPDDeguUajkAIH/09p5KEJeERfmK9b05Im/aep wbFVSXJR2r0IYzYy8tXvJsgzfil9Y18FfH8MHdp58imHS+8ExngJo2qMaWATJJBb r8ywdFcc7tP4dKuCzjWGCjw/e54pSaVN7SANYFZhLslYaI4gHO/E9qr5AxZ7eIzC NwpUeIf/tnC4e3vfkN/whMxA1aFJ2OZcSMoAq+uQYgAlAXQCn93o00II1oMFM2rg ria0T2PAZb0szF0AsNLprtEoslOEl6IoBPNQ/LLrzRtPdzwn4AkHLZN8/8kWnkYv d4QNnWz4WQSgK8Ptq9+moY09+1t2jRjer/qyz9jG5aa8QNKeyHamZ3X+av6RHAg= =wIWS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --XsQoSWH+UP9D9v3l--