From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Mar 22 21:39:05 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 CB563AD992C for ; Tue, 22 Mar 2016 21:39:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from carmel_ny@outlook.com) Received: from BLU004-OMC4S26.hotmail.com (blu004-omc4s26.hotmail.com [65.55.111.165]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.outlook.com", Issuer "MSIT Machine Auth CA 2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7DD7AEC0 for ; Tue, 22 Mar 2016 21:39:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from carmel_ny@outlook.com) Received: from BLU436-SMTP144 ([65.55.111.137]) by BLU004-OMC4S26.hotmail.com over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(7.5.7601.23008); Tue, 22 Mar 2016 14:37:58 -0700 X-TMN: [E1VIiYG3JCpkBtQkib2LJHzyWwEr1BGD] X-Originating-Email: [carmel_ny@outlook.com] Message-ID: X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.99 at scorpio.seibercom.net Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2016 17:37:50 -0400 From: Carmel To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD and updating to new release In-Reply-To: <86wpoutjnn.fsf@WorkBox.Home> References: <86wpoutjnn.fsf@WorkBox.Home> Organization: Seibercom NET X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.13.2 (GTK+ 2.24.28; i686-w64-mingw32) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 22 Mar 2016 21:37:57.0448 (UTC) FILETIME=[19898480:01D18483] 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 21:39:05 -0000 On Tue, 22 Mar 2016 14:08:44 -0500, Brandon J. Wandersee stated: > 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. I am not sure if I understand that correctly. Are you saying that I could use pkg(8) to update the system to whatever the final release of FreeBSD 11 is? -- Carmel