Raspberry Pi 3B

[Zane C. B-H.]

On 2017-01-19 12:00, Brad Davis wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 11:30:31AM +0100, Thomas Schemme wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> thanks for your nice work!
>> 
>> Since freebsd-update is not working with the current branch of 
>> FreeBSD,
>> I would like to know if there is an easy way to update and/or upgrade
>> the base system and to apply patches?
> 
> Well an freebsd-update is not something you ever want to run on an 
> sdcard
> as it would take longer than compiling yourself!
> 
> Eventually the pkging base work will be the solution for arm devices.
> This work is still in progress and not really ready yet.

Speaking of compiling on the RPi or really doing anything, I highly 
suggest a USB mounted 2.5" SATA drive. Keeping /usr/obj, /usr/local, 
/usr/src, and /usr/ports under that works great. It really minimizes 
having to hit the SD card, which will be painfully slow.