Re: freebsd-update jail

I was also wondering why does (12.3) freebsd-update creates a new boot
environment when updating a jail?

On Fri, Jan 28, 2022 at 11:30:32AM +0100, Julien Cigar wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I was wondering what is the best way to upgrade a jail nowadays?
> 
> I usually use:
> 
> $> freebsd-update -b /jails/myjail -d /jails/myjail/var/db/freebsd-update/ -f /jails/myjail/etc/freebsd-update.conf -r new-RELEASE --currently-running old-RELEASE upgrade
> 
> but I was wondering if, with the newly "-j" option, "-b" is still
> necessary? (from what I can understand in the source code it is not)
> 
> so could I used something like:
> 
> $> freebsd-update -j myjail -r new-RELEASE -d /jails/myjail/var/db/freebsd-update/ -f /jails/myjail/etc/freebsd-update.conf upgrade ?
> 
> (I usually use -f as the Components aren't the same in the jail as in
> the HOST, for example kernel is not installed, nor src)
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Julien
> 
> 
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