Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2013 19:59:56 -0500 From: Fbsd8 <fbsd8@a1poweruser.com> To: Joe Altman <freebsd@chthonixia.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-update: fale? Message-ID: <50E77B0C.7000808@a1poweruser.com> In-Reply-To: <20130104223248.GA63681@whisperer.chthonixia.net> References: <20130102002110.GA7209@whisperer.chthonixia.net> <50E59AC4.5020203@martinlaabs.de> <20130104223248.GA63681@whisperer.chthonixia.net>
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Joe Altman wrote: > On Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 03:50:44PM +0100, Martin Laabs wrote: >> Hi, >> >> On 01/02/13 01:21, Joe Altman wrote: >>> Greetings, list. I have the following error; though I can load >>> update5.FreeBSD.org in a browser: >>> [...] >> maybe you use a release that is not supported by freebsd-update. Run >> "uname -r" an compare the release with that you see when looking at >> http://update4.freebsd.org/ >> >> If it is not there you can not use freebsd-update. > > Yes; I realized that after I revisited the man page and handbook; > somehow I managed to miss that initially. I'm currently using > 9.1-PRERELEASE. > > > Now I am left to wonder how that state will last; ISTM that eventually > 9.1 will be supported by freebsd-update but I cannot tell when that > might happen. Given that CVSUP is going away soon, I can't see > reinstalling it just for this unnecessary upgrade. > > Since I appear to be stuck between things, I have three questions: > > 1) Is there any way to guesstimate how long until 9.1 is supported by > freebsd-update? > > 2) Am I correct in assuming that there is no good reason (security > concerns, for instance) to update right now? I seem to have no > problems with my system; it runs fine. > > 3) Does freebsd-update really require at least a Gig of space in /var > for a major or minor upgrade? If so, it looks like I may as well > reinstall the OS, since I never anticipated needing that much in > /var. At this point, given the amount of 'portupgrade -fr' I'll need > to do, it might consume less time to start from scratch. > > > Thanks for the followup, and best regards, > > Joe Heres a work around that should work. For your 9.1-PRERELEASE you can temporary change that so freebsd-update will work for you. Issue this console command on your system. setenv UNAME_r "9.0-RELEASE" Now when you run freebsd-update it will think your system is 9.0-RELEASE and go through with the update to 9.1-RELEASE.
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