Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2020 17:03:43 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Matthew Seaman <matthew@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-update versions? Message-ID: <20200601170343.303e93c3.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <a1eeebac-5ec9-aac6-1e0a-296ee287ce5d@FreeBSD.org> References: <43710642-9E74-40DC-A50C-9DC0C9C4BED1@kreme.com> <a1eeebac-5ec9-aac6-1e0a-296ee287ce5d@FreeBSD.org>
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On Mon, 1 Jun 2020 15:38:38 +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 31/05/2020 21:59, @lbutlr wrote: > > Since there is not a way to see the available versions via the > > freebsd-update tool, what is the recommended way to get access to a list > > of what is available for use with freebsd-update -r? > > By checking on this web page under 'Production Release': > > https://www.freebsd.org/releases/ This (and the "Errata" subpages) are quite informative, but I assume the information expected is something like this: # freebsd-version -ku <- what we currently have 12.1-RELEASE-p5 12.1-RELEASE-p5 # freebsd-update -e <- what we could get 12.1-RELEASE-p7 12.2-RELEASE # freebsd-update -r <choice> upgrade So by this fictional example, it would now be possible to upgrade the current 12.1-p5 to 12.1-p7, or upgrade to the new 12.2 (no patches yet). The option -e / --expect could for example retrieve and show what could be installed; of course older releases and patches are not shown because it's freebsd-update, not freebsd-downdate. Am I thinking into the right direction? :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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