Re: question about updating to 15.0

From: Marco Moock <mm_at_dorfdsl.de>
Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2025 19:23:52 UTC
Am 05.12.2025 um 17:42:12 Uhr schrieb Marco Moock:

> |1) To update your system via a binary patch:
> |
> |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:
> |
> |# freebsd-update fetch
> |# freebsd-update install
> 
> That sounds like if you have a current OS version, you can upgrade.

I've now tried that from 14.3-p6 and that failed.
libutil.so.9 is missing and that breaks sudo. su is working, so I was
able to run pkg bootstrap -f and then pkg upgrade - this fixed the
issue.

TLDR: It is recommended to test root login without sudo before starting
the upgrade.

-- 
Gruß
Marco

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