update/upgrade question

[Alex Huth]

* Matthew Seaman schrieb:
> Alex Huth wrote:
> 
> Yes.  If you want to track one of the development branches (HEAD, RELENG_N)
> then you have to update sources by csup(1) or various other mechanisms and
> then compile your kernel+world yourself.
> 
> Alternatively you can track release branches (RELENG_N_M) in the same way,
> or so long as the release branch is still in support, you can use
> freebsd-update(8) to pull down pre-built binary updates. 
> 
> 
thx, this was a good explanation. Maybe one last (hopefully ;) ) question to
this topic. How can i see if a update has a kernel update, to prevent
unnessecary reboots?

thx

Alex