git: 84ffee7a7c - main - 14.0 relnotes: freebsd-update cannot rollback across a major version
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Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2023 17:22:40 UTC
The branch main has been updated by emaste: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=84ffee7a7c60059547834576fe53a57009faaeec commit 84ffee7a7c60059547834576fe53a57009faaeec Author: Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2023-11-10 15:31:17 +0000 Commit: Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2023-11-12 17:22:03 +0000 14.0 relnotes: freebsd-update cannot rollback across a major version PR: 273950 Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D42547 --- website/content/en/releases/14.0R/relnotes.adoc | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/website/content/en/releases/14.0R/relnotes.adoc b/website/content/en/releases/14.0R/relnotes.adoc index 97301a7faa..333871180b 100644 --- a/website/content/en/releases/14.0R/relnotes.adoc +++ b/website/content/en/releases/14.0R/relnotes.adoc @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ Clearly the release notes cannot list every single change made to FreeBSD betwee Binary upgrades between RELEASE versions (and snapshots of the various security branches) are supported using the man:freebsd-update[8] utility. The binary upgrade procedure will update unmodified userland utilities, as well as unmodified GENERIC kernels distributed as a part of an official FreeBSD release. The man:freebsd-update[8] utility requires that the host being upgraded have Internet connectivity. +Note that freebsd-update cannot be used to roll back to the previous release after updating to a new major version. Source-based upgrades (those based on recompiling the FreeBSD base system from source code) from previous versions are supported, according to the instructions in [.filename]#/usr/src/UPDATING#.