How to update like Debian

[Glen Barber]

Hi,

On 9/29/11 1:45 PM, Denny Schierz wrote:
> #  freebsd-update fetch
> Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 4 mirrors found.
> Fetching public key from update4.FreeBSD.org... failed.
> Fetching public key from update5.FreeBSD.org... failed.
> Fetching public key from update2.FreeBSD.org... failed.
> Fetching public key from update3.FreeBSD.org... failed.
> No mirrors remaining, giving up.
> 
> 
> There was also no solution for this problem. I  think it has something to do with the release I run:
> 
>  8.2-STABLE FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE #0: Thu Jul  7 13:20:14 CEST 2011  
> 

This is indeed correct.  freebsd-update(8) does not provide binary
updates for the -STABLE branches (outside of -RC release candidates
occasionally).

Regards,

Glen

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Glen Barber