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Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2026 20:46:00 UTC
The branch main has been updated by emaste:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=5b16bc8d3861cb068d4d69b55b11a2d8a8365158
commit 5b16bc8d3861cb068d4d69b55b11a2d8a8365158
Author: Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2026-02-10 20:43:19 +0000
Commit: Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2026-02-10 20:44:57 +0000
SA/EN templates: Add pkgbase instructions
PR: 292778
Submitted by: ivy
---
website/static/security/advisory-template.txt | 17 +++++++++++++----
website/static/security/errata-template.txt | 17 +++++++++++++----
2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/website/static/security/advisory-template.txt b/website/static/security/advisory-template.txt
index 62babddd4d..9de56d570f 100644
--- a/website/static/security/advisory-template.txt
+++ b/website/static/security/advisory-template.txt
@@ -57,17 +57,26 @@ release / security branch (releng) dated after the correction date.
Perform one of the following:
-1) To update your vulnerable system via a binary patch:
+1) To update your vulnerable system installed from base system packages:
+
+Systems running a 15.0-RELEASE version of FreeBSD on the amd64 or arm64
+platforms, which were installed using base system packages, can be updated
+via the pkg(8) utility:
+
+# pkg upgrade -r FreeBSD-base
+# shutdown -r +10min "Rebooting for a security update" <XX if required>
+
+2) To update your vulnerable system installed from binary distribution sets:
Systems running a RELEASE version of FreeBSD on the amd64 or arm64 platforms,
-or the i386 platform on FreeBSD 13, can be updated via the freebsd-update(8)
-utility:
+or the i386 platform on FreeBSD 13, which were not installed using base
+system packages, can be updated via the freebsd-update(8) utility:
# freebsd-update fetch
# freebsd-update install
# shutdown -r +10min "Rebooting for a security update" <XX if required>
-2) To update your vulnerable system via a source code patch:
+3) To update your vulnerable system via a source code patch:
The following patches have been verified to apply to the applicable
FreeBSD release branches.
diff --git a/website/static/security/errata-template.txt b/website/static/security/errata-template.txt
index 48b11f6823..670fb83fa3 100644
--- a/website/static/security/errata-template.txt
+++ b/website/static/security/errata-template.txt
@@ -57,17 +57,26 @@ branch (releng) dated after the correction date.
Perform one of the following:
-1) To update your system via a binary patch:
+1) To update your system installed from base system packages:
+
+Systems running a 15.0-RELEASE version of FreeBSD on the amd64 or arm64
+platforms, which were installed using base system packages, can be updated
+via the pkg(8) utility:
+
+# pkg upgrade -r FreeBSD-base
+[XX Needs reboot? Mention please]
+
+2) To update your system installed from binary distribution sets:
Systems running a RELEASE version of FreeBSD on the amd64 or arm64 platforms,
-or the i386 platform on FreeBSD 13, can be updated via the freebsd-update(8)
-utility:
+or the i386 platform on FreeBSD 13, which were not installed using base
+system packages, can be updated via the freebsd-update(8) utility:
# freebsd-update fetch
# freebsd-update install
[XX Needs reboot? Mention please]
-2) To update your system via a source code patch:
+3) To update your system via a source code patch:
The following patches have been verified to apply to the applicable
FreeBSD release branches.