The confusion comes from the fact that the original behavior of freebsd-update was NOT to update the kernel binaries if a custom kernel was detected.
FYI my /etc/freebsd-update.conf has # Components of the base system which should be kept updated. #Components src world kernel Components src world _______________________________________________ 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"