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| author | Colin Percival <cperciva@FreeBSD.org> | 2025-11-28 19:42:23 +0000 |
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| committer | Colin Percival <cperciva@FreeBSD.org> | 2025-11-28 19:45:01 +0000 |
| commit | 18ab7220ad502f14f5590a4ebd23c4dcaec633f1 (patch) | |
| tree | 0c16356eb83e173677cb35a440c5242de08d5f93 | |
| parent | a50d7facecf944c6c986cb32e6d57187b67826c2 (diff) | |
15.0: Fix freebsd-update instructions
Contrary to earlier belief, we're going to have freebsd-update
in 15.x after all.
But add a warning about applying the errata update first, since
systems will be rendered inoperative otherwise.
| -rw-r--r-- | website/content/en/releases/15.0R/installation.adoc | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/website/content/en/releases/15.0R/installation.adoc b/website/content/en/releases/15.0R/installation.adoc index e355f16495..99604f03f5 100644 --- a/website/content/en/releases/15.0R/installation.adoc +++ b/website/content/en/releases/15.0R/installation.adoc @@ -40,10 +40,7 @@ For Git use the releng/{localRel} branch which will be where any upcoming Securi [[upgrade-binary]] == Upgrading Using "FreeBSD Update" -NOTE: FreeBSD Update is probably not going to exist in {releaseCurrent}! -The text below is boilerplate from previous releases and should be replaced with instructions for using pkgbase once those are finalized. - -The man:freebsd-update[8] utility supports binary upgrades of amd64, arm64, and i386 systems running earlier FreeBSD releases. +The man:freebsd-update[8] utility supports binary upgrades of amd64 and arm64 systems running earlier FreeBSD releases. Systems running {releasePrev} can upgrade as follows: [.screen] @@ -52,6 +49,11 @@ Systems running {releasePrev} can upgrade as follows: # freebsd-update install ---- +[IMPORTANT] +==== +This step is essential, as upgrading to {releaseCurrent} without applying the FreeBSD-EN-25:18.freebsd-update errata update will result in an inoperative system! +==== + Now the man:freebsd-update[8] utility can fetch bits belonging to {releaseCurrent}. During this process man:freebsd-update[8] will ask for help in merging configuration files. |