Re: freebsd-update: No updates needed to update system to 13.3-RELEASE-p8.

Rody <rody@dds.nl> writes:
> I'm trying to update my system running 13.3-RELEASE-p7 using
> freebsd-update, but I'm confused as to what it is saying: [...]

If you're asking about p7 vs p8: if a security advisory or erratum only
affects userland programs or libraries, or kernel modules but not the
kernel itself, the kernel version will not be bumped.  Therefore, `uname
-r` (which freebsd-update largely relies on) may show a lower patch
level than `freebsd-version` (which is always updated).

If you were actually expecting it to upgrade your system to 13.4: you
need to run a) `freebsd-update upgrade -r 13.4-RELEASE` followed by b)
`freebsd-update install` to install the new kernel, then c) reboot, then
d) `freebsd-update install` again to install the new userland, then e)
update your packages, then possibly f) `freebsd-update install` a third
time to delete obsolete files, then finally g) reboot again.

Note that if you're upgrading from one minor release to another of the
same major release (like 13.3 to 13.4), you can usually skip the first
reboot and there usually won't be a third `freebsd-update install`.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smørgrav - des@FreeBSD.org