From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Mar 22 19:31:35 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC5CFAD9C55 for ; Tue, 22 Mar 2016 19:31:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brandon.wandersee@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ig0-f169.google.com (mail-ig0-f169.google.com [209.85.213.169]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B4CDBD8A for ; Tue, 22 Mar 2016 19:31:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brandon.wandersee@gmail.com) Received: by mail-ig0-f169.google.com with SMTP id l20so16366956igf.0 for ; Tue, 22 Mar 2016 12:31:35 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:references:user-agent:from:to:cc:subject :in-reply-to:date:message-id:mime-version; bh=WAxB7+D96n2TnrUoWxiEG+/C2NislGT9fYI2XrhW3T4=; b=fWlEaWagCh376Boj9JSLiliLPf0CRkbbgRR9a2GxHAf9WPjPhp0/ueVBuS1IjJdH3Z aXsQEd+ZJpaV8yo5tebPHk2Cr3uNTR+xw6uymRZ54gkwlMcKQY7f45vbxXyWEX/QhXAn rDcMDba/8hjTquoR1AuwvhGbUHb/i43aeUoPQlWWSTzriVKPIYcsBscjGSRVEOP9C5pa a0oglUnIQ0Vtu9DgCCZmEoawa8XiMYkpEMEk/RjglhwnQKPpQE3mdgetp5KzXFHqLe3f nTMaRhdrjWZu38yNfD4ZMgRYtimsGJPi+XSAaRi5xtu0qD/m4vXuAdxqao5a6qVhtxWi fbsg== X-Gm-Message-State: AD7BkJLB5ylb4kMKvy5/0ET+kcmm28CSaTpXLEnyL0MHVKEbtFMEOBxgEfPV79bzSPBRfg== X-Received: by 10.50.50.177 with SMTP id d17mr20670028igo.32.1458673713850; Tue, 22 Mar 2016 12:08:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from WorkBox.Home.gmail.com (174-30-255-178.mpls.qwest.net. [174.30.255.178]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 1sm8004701igy.20.2016.03.22.12.08.32 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 22 Mar 2016 12:08:32 -0700 (PDT) References: User-agent: mu4e 0.9.16; emacs 24.5.1 From: Brandon J. Wandersee To: Carmel Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD and updating to new release In-reply-to: Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2016 14:08:44 -0500 Message-ID: <86wpoutjnn.fsf@WorkBox.Home> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2016 19:31:36 -0000 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 ----------------------------------