freebsd-update problems

[Kevin Kinsey]

On Fri, Feb 01, 2013 at 11:51:41AM -0800, Carl Johnson wrote:
> I ran freebsd-update to update my 8.1-RELEASE system to 8.3-RELEASE
> (freebsd-update -r 8.3-RELEASE upgrade).  It downloaded a bunch of
> files, asked me to edit some configuration files, showed me long lists
> of files that have been changed, added and removed, and then ended with
> no status or error indications.  The problem is that there appears to be
> absolutely NO change in my system that I can find.  I have checked /etc,
> /bin, and /lib with 'ls -lct | head', but there are no files that have
> changed recently.  The /var/db/freebsd-update directory has over 500MB
> of files it downloaded.
> 
> Does anybody have any suggestions on what might have happened and what
> can be done?
> -- 
> Carl Johnson		carlj at peak.org
> 

I'm not looking at the docs ATM, but IIRC you need to run an install
step now.  Check the docs ... they should tell you.

HTH,

Kevin Kinsey