Re: Problem with `freebsd-update` from 14.3-p3 to 15.0-RC2

Reply: ADAM David Alan Martin : "Re: Problem with `freebsd-update` from 14.3-p3 to 15.0-RC2"
In reply to: ADAM David Alan Martin : "Problem with `freebsd-update` from 14.3-p3 to 15.0-RC2"
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From: Colin Percival <cperciva_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2025 17:11:03 UTC

On 11/21/25 09:01, ADAM David Alan Martin wrote:
> The initial download and kernel-update to 15.0-RC2 went fine. `freebsd-update` 
> directed me to reboot and run `freebsd-update install` to continue the 
> upgrade.  I did as directed, and then the upgrade stopped.  The entire screen 
> was filled with multiple copies of a message about `libsys.so.7` being 
> missing.  Every system binary was unusable, each reporting the same message.  
> However, the `/rescue` binaries worked fine.  It appears that `libc.so` 
> depends upon `libsys.so.7` now.  I think the installer/updater may have 
> replaced `libc.so` in `/lib` before `libsys.so.7` could be installed.

You didn't follow the instructions to run 'freebsd-update fetch install'
before upgrading.  This was fixed in FreeBSD-EN-25:18.freebsd-update (aka
in 14.3-p4).

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Colin Percival
FreeBSD Release Engineering Lead & EC2 platform maintainer
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