Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2016 14:08:44 -0500 From: Brandon J. Wandersee <brandon.wandersee@gmail.com> To: Carmel <carmel_ny@outlook.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD and updating to new release Message-ID: <86wpoutjnn.fsf@WorkBox.Home> In-Reply-To: <BLU437-SMTP82575DBFFE44ACB681BE9380800@phx.gbl> References: <BLU437-SMTP82575DBFFE44ACB681BE9380800@phx.gbl>
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Carmel writes: > Once "FreeBSD 11" is officially released, will I be able to update to > that release with the "freebsd-update" application using the > "newrelease" option...? The short answer is "No." The longer answer is a complex one. First, only -RELEASEs receive binary updates; tracking a development branch makes using freebsd-update impossible. From the freebsd-update(8) man page: || Note that updates are only available if they are being built for the || FreeBSD release and architecture being used; in particular, the || FreeBSD Security Team only builds updates for releases shipped in || binary form by the FreeBSD Release Engineering Team, e.g., FreeBSD || 9.3-RELEASE and FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE, but not FreeBSD 9.3-STABLE or || FreeBSD 11-CURRENT. You will need to stop pulling updates for your system from the -CURRENT branch once the code freeze is in effect, delete your local source tree, check out the source for the releng/11.0 branch (some time durin the Beta or Release Client phases), and update your system from that, right up until 11.0 is released. Once 11.0 is actually released you can perform a final upgrade to it from source, and you should be able to get binary updates for it from then on. Be aware, though, that freebsd-update will become obsolete with the 11.0-RELEASE anyway. All binary base system updates for 11.0 onward will be distributed in a package format compatible with pkg(8). It will still be possible to update from source, if you find you prefer that in the end. -- :: Brandon J. Wandersee :: brandon.wandersee@gmail.com :: -------------------------------------------------- :: 'The best design is as little design as possible.' :: --- Dieter Rams ----------------------------------
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