Upgrade from 10.1-RC3 to 10.1-RELEASE using freebsd-update

[Masoom Shaikh]

> On Sunday, 16 November 2014 1:11 AM, Kevin Oberman <rkoberman at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 7:32 AM, Masoom Shaikh via freebsd-stable <
> 
> freebsd-stable at freebsd.org> wrote:
> 
> > I installed 10.1-RC3 via USB image on my laptop, in bid to upgrade
> > 10.1-RELEASE I ran
> > #freebsd-update fetch -r 10.1-RELEASE
> > it fails saying
> > Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 5 mirrors found.
> > Fetching metadata signature for 10.1-RC3 from update5.freebsd.org... done.
> > Fetching metadata index... fetch:
> > http://update5.freebsd.org/10.1-RC3/amd64/t/c8fafcc79d7cc092c7782f4f1a29a777d751294183c8f2cb9daf940ba0525d96:
> > Not Found
> > failed.
> >
> > this topic has already been discussed here
> >
> > https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2014-November/080954.html
> > and
> >
> >
> > https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/freebsd-update-r-10-1-rc4-upgrade-fails.48835/
> >
> >
> > solution is actually mentioned in forums threads
> > what it suggest is
> > #freebsd-update rollback
> > #reboot
> > #freebsd-update fetch
> > #freebsd-update upgrade -r 10.1-RC4
> > #freebsd-upgrade install
> > #reboot
> > #freebsd-upgrade install
> >
> > for me rollback fails saying
> > No rollback directory found.
> > maybe because I did not install RC3 via freebsd-update, nonetheless any
> > fix as yet?
> 
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> 
> You're using the wrong command to freebsd-update.
> # freebsd-update upgrade -r 10.1-RELEASE
> 
> "fetch" is appropriate to updating for patches to the release you are
> currently running.
that oversight while drafting note. I did use 'upgrade'

> 
> Since you installed from a USB distribution, there is no rollback. The
> rollback data is created by freebsd-update.
yes, this was my guess as well.

> 
> Also, I suspect you entered the data above from memory as freebsd-upgrade
> is not a command in base freebsd.
nopes, this is an laptop with FreeBSD-10.1-RC3 installed and /usr/sbin/freebsd-update is in base.

my problem has been solved, this was an server issues.
https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2014-November/080996.html

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