git: c7bfa01819 - main - 15.0: FreeBSD Update is going away
Colin Percival <[email protected]>
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The branch main has been updated by cperciva: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=c7bfa0181953097b53707c654d544e62f0c5665b commit c7bfa0181953097b53707c654d544e62f0c5665b Author: Colin Percival <[email protected]> AuthorDate: 2025-04-15 04:44:50 +0000 Commit: Colin Percival <[email protected]> CommitDate: 2025-04-15 04:44:50 +0000 15.0: FreeBSD Update is going away Upgrading to 15.0 will probably involve pkgbasifying the running system and then using pkgbase. For now, just leave a note in the release documentation; it can be changed once pkgbase instructions are available. Approved by: re (implicit) Sponsored by: Amazon --- website/content/en/releases/15.0R/installation.adoc | 3 +++ website/content/en/releases/15.0R/relnotes.adoc | 3 +++ 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/website/content/en/releases/15.0R/installation.adoc b/website/content/en/releases/15.0R/installation.adoc index cee1bd36a2..e355f16495 100644 --- a/website/content/en/releases/15.0R/installation.adoc +++ b/website/content/en/releases/15.0R/installation.adoc @@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ For Git use the releng/{localRel} branch which will be where any upcoming Securi [[upgrade-binary]] == Upgrading Using "FreeBSD Update" +NOTE: FreeBSD Update is probably not going to exist in {releaseCurrent}! +The text below is boilerplate from previous releases and should be replaced with instructions for using pkgbase once those are finalized. + The man:freebsd-update[8] utility supports binary upgrades of amd64, arm64, and i386 systems running earlier FreeBSD releases. Systems running {releasePrev} can upgrade as follows: diff --git a/website/content/en/releases/15.0R/relnotes.adoc b/website/content/en/releases/15.0R/relnotes.adoc index 527abb1a87..a47a0e694c 100644 --- a/website/content/en/releases/15.0R/relnotes.adoc +++ b/website/content/en/releases/15.0R/relnotes.adoc @@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ Clearly the release notes cannot list every single change made to FreeBSD betwee [[upgrade]] == Upgrading from Previous Releases of FreeBSD +NOTE: FreeBSD Update is probably not going to exist in {releaseCurrent}! +The text below is boilerplate from previous releases and should be replaced with instructions for using pkgbase once those are finalized. + Binary upgrades between RELEASE versions (and snapshots of the various security branches) are supported using the man:freebsd-update[8] utility. See the release-specific upgrade procedure, link:../installation/#upgrade-binary[FreeBSD {releaseCurrent} upgrade information], with more details in the FreeBSD handbook link:{handbook}cutting-edge/#freebsdupdate-upgrade[binary upgrade procedure]. This will update unmodified userland utilities, as well as unmodified GENERIC kernels distributed as a part of an official FreeBSD release.