On 03/05/2012 22:52, Mike Brown wrote: > For example, with this latest OpenSSL security update, running > 'freebsd-update > fetch' says (among other things) "The following files will be updated as part > of updating to 8.2-RELEASE-p7" and "WARNING: FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE-p3 is > approaching its End-of-Life date. It is strongly recommended that you upgrade > to a newer release within the next 2 months."
Aside from the question of the version string embedded in the kernel not being updated which has been addressed elsewhere, this warning seems a bit unclear. It's actually the entire 8.2-RELEASE branch that is approaching EoL, not any specific patchlevel within it. (Individual patchlevels don't have an EoL concept per se: they just last until the next one comes out, or the whole branch goes out of support.) In other words, this message is warning you to update to 8.3-RELEASE or 9.0-RELEASE in the near future. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey
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