7.0-RELEASE Upgrade problems

[Brent Bloxam]

Rob wrote:
> I'm new to FreeBSD and installed a base 7.0-RELEASE system and have been 
> running it for a while with ZFS and gmirror partitions.  I've never 
> updated since install, so I'm attempting to do so now, but I'm having no 
> luck.  I'm following the upgrade instructions in the 7.2-RELEASE release 
> notes, but I get an error I don't know what to do with.  I'm doing:
> 
> # freebsd-update upgrade -r 7.2-RELEASE
> <Answer a few questions>
> # freebsd-update install
> Installing updates...chflags: ///usr/bin/CC: Operation not supported
> 
> I tried updating to the latest 7.0-RELEASE thinking there was a fix, but 
> got:
> 
> # freebsd-update fetch
> <Answer a few questions>
> # freebsd-update install
> Installing updates...chflags: ///usr/bin/dig: Operation not supported
> 
> Am I doing something wrong?  I haven't found any reference to this 
> error, and while being very experienced with linux systems am new (as 
> previously stated) to FreeBSD and am not sure where to start to track 
> this down.
> 
> Does anyone have any suggestions?
> 
> Rob

chflags is not supported on ZFS. See this thread for possible workaround:

http://forums.freebsd.org/archive/index.php/t-3786.html