Re: FreeBSD 15.1-RELEASE Now Available

On Jun 16, 2026, at 4:32 PM, Dan Shelton <dan.f.shelton@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 16 Jun 2026 at 16:10, Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> wrote:
>> 
>> On Tue, Jun 16, 2026 at 11:38:10AM +0200, Marek wrote:
>>> OK, but how can this update be done?
>>> 
>>> The old command (which the Handbook suggests) doesn't work:
>>> 
>>>   #  freebsd-update -r 15.1-RELEASE upgrade
>>>   freebsd-update is incompatible with the use of packaged base.  Please
>>>   see https://wiki.freebsd.org/PkgBase for more information.
>>> 
>>> and the PkgBase wiki is a bit unclear (it tries to reinstall existing
>>> files when trying to follow these instructions).
>> 
>> The announcement you quoted says:
>> 
>>   For instructions on installing FreeBSD or updating an existing machine to
>>   15.1-RELEASE please see:
>> 
>>     * https://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/15.1R/installation/
> 
> Where can I find the full kernel commit log with all kernel (git ?)
> commits between FreeBSD 15.0 and FreeBSD 15.1?

If you have a local copy of the freebsd repo you can do:

git log releng/15.0..releng/15.1