Fwd: Kernel Update Issue on FreeBSD 14.2-RELEASE

[Maku Bex]

Hello,

I'm experiencing an unusual problem with my standard installation of
FreeBSD 14.2-RELEASE. It seems that I'm unable to update the kernel to
the latest patch (p3). In an attempt to resolve this, I rolled back the
update and tried again. I also renamed the /var/db/freebsd-update
directory, moved it, and created a new one, but unfortunately, I still
haven't had any success.

Any insights or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!


Technical details:

$> uname -a
FreeBSD redbox 14.2-RELEASE-p1 FreeBSD 14.2-RELEASE-p1 GENERIC amd64

$> freebsd-version -kru
14.2-RELEASE-p1
14.2-RELEASE-p1
14.2-RELEASE-p3

$> strings /boot/kernel/kernel | grep RELEASE
RELEASE(10)
RELEASE ELEMENT(10)
failed to send PCI_RESOURCES_RELEASED
RESERVATION_RELEASE
AE_RELEASE_DEADLOCK
RELEASE(6)
RELEASE ELEMENT(6)
synaptics: button RELEASE: %d
@(#)FreeBSD 14.2-RELEASE-p1 GENERIC
FreeBSD 14.2-RELEASE-p1 GENERIC
14.2-RELEASE-p1

$> sudo ls -lah /var/db/freebsd-update
total 145
drwx------ 3 root wheel 9B Jun 5 22:01 .
drwxr-xr-x 14 root wheel 23B Jun 5 21:45 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 4B Jun 5 21:45 files
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 800B Apr 10 09:52 pub.ssl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 90B Jun 5 22:01 serverlist
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 90B Jun 5 22:01 serverlist_full
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 25B Jun 5 22:01 serverlist_tried
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 150B Jun 5 22:01 tINDEX.present
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 112B Jun 5 22:01 tag

[Wis...@proton.me]

the reason for that is simply because freebsd-update checks whether there is a need of updating kernel binaries on a patch or not and it has been the case that there has been no need to update the kernel on p2 and p3,since those patches are just userland changes
-------- Original Message --------

[Maku Bex]

I see. This is a bit confusing when trying to inventory the system's
updates. Is there a utility that reports both? Aside from FreeBSD's own
tools, I use 'fastfetch' which only reports the 'kernel's version.

[Kurt Hackenberg]

On 2025/06/09 20:57, Maku Bex wrote:

> I see. This is a bit confusing when trying to inventory the system's
> updates. Is there a utility that reports both?

freebsd-version -kru
See the man page.

[Maku Bex]

See the OP.

[Tomek CEDRO]

On Tue, Jun 10, 2025 at 2:58 AM Maku Bex <zagaz...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I see. This is a bit confusing when trying to inventory the system's
> updates. Is there a utility that reports both? Aside from FreeBSD's own
> tools, I use 'fastfetch' which only reports the 'kernel's version.

+1 here I also find it confusing misleading and incoherent that uname
shows 14.2-RELEASE-p1 while freebsd-version shows 14.2-RELEASE-p3 this
makes multiplatform tools work and maintenance a lot harder :-(

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