On 10/12/2012 10:53 AM, Jamie Paul Griffin wrote: > [ Greg Larkin wrote on Thu 11.Oct'12 at 20:49:19 -0400 ] > >> Hi Stuart, >> >> If you click the link in this mailing list article >> (http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2010-July/218554.html), >> then follow the rest of the threaded messages, you should be able fix >> the problem once you upgrade to 7.4. >> >> The issue is that freebsd-update cannot update the ld-elf.so.1 binary >> on a running system, so after the upgrade to 7.4 (or higher), the >> system is not completely updated. >> >> This message >> (http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2010-July/218884.html) >> has a fix, but it involves booting from a liveCD and replacing the >> binary manually. > Would it be easier to do an update by building from source? I've never used > freebsd-update myself so not had to troubleshoot these issues before.
That's probably the best way. Bit I am wondering about this. I upgraded several systems (physical and virtual machines) with freebsd-update from 7.1 -> 7.3 -> 8.1 -> 8.3 and also one system from 7.1 -> 7.4 (with custom kernels) and did not encounter this. Did I just get lucky then? This e-mail message, including any attachment(s), is intended solely for the addressee or addressees. Any views or opinions presented herein are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of OSE. If you are not the intended recipient of this communication please return this e-mail message and the attachment(s) to the sender and delete and destroy all copies. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
