Re: FreeBSD 15.1-BETA1 Now Available

On 5/2/26 15:59, Mario Marietto wrote:
>  > The first beta build of the 15.1-RELEASE release cycle is now available.
> 
> Last login: Thu Apr 30 01:06:45 2026 from marietto
> FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE-p3 RK356X-UNIFIED-KEYBOARD-FIX-8GB
> 
> Welcome to FreeBSD!
> 
> ziomario@Radxa-Zero3W:~ # freebsd-update fetch
> Looking up update.FreeBSD.org <http://update.FreeBSD.org> mirrors... 3 
> mirrors found.
> Fetching metadata signature for 15.0-RELEASE from update2.freebsd.org... 
> done.
> Fetching metadata index... done.
> Fetching 2 metadata patches.. done.
> Applying metadata patches... done.
> Inspecting system... done.
> Preparing to download files... done.
> Fetching 14 patches.....10.. done.
> Applying patches... done.
> Fetching 16 files... ....10... done.
> The following files will be updated as part of updating to 15.0-RELEASE-p8:
> /bin/freebsd-version
> /lib/libnv.so.1
> /sbin/dhclient
> /usr/include/vm/vm_map.h
> /usr/lib/debug/lib/libnv.so.1.debug
> /usr/lib/debug/sbin/dhclient.debug
> /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib32/libnv.so.1.debug
> /usr/lib/libnv.a
> /usr/lib32/libnv.a
> /usr/lib32/libnv.so.1
> /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Ensenada
> /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Santa_Isabel
> /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Tijuana
> /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Vancouver
> /usr/share/zoneinfo/Canada/Pacific
> /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Chisinau
> /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Tiraspol
> /usr/share/zoneinfo/Mexico/BajaNorte
> 
> ziomario@Radxa-Zero3W:~ # freebsd-update install
> Installing updates...
> Restarting sshd after upgrade
> Performing sanity check on sshd configuration.
> Stopping sshd.
> Waiting for PIDS: 1089.
> Performing sanity check on sshd configuration.
> Starting sshd.
> done.
> 
> ziomario@Radxa-Zero3W:~ # freebsd-version -ukr
> 15.0-RELEASE-p3
> 15.0-RELEASE-p3
> 15.0-RELEASE-p8
> 
> ziomario@Radxa-Zero3W:~ # uname -a
> FreeBSD Radxa-Zero3W 15.0-RELEASE-p3 FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE-p3 RK356X- 
> UNIFIED-KEYBOARD-FIX-8GB arm64
> 
> ziomario@Radxa-Zero3W:~ # freebsd-update install
> No updates are available to install.
> Run 'freebsd-update [options] fetch' first.
> 
> ziomario@Radxa-Zero3W:~ # freebsd-update fetch
> Looking up update.FreeBSD.org <http://update.FreeBSD.org> mirrors... 3 
> mirrors found.
> Fetching metadata signature for 15.0-RELEASE from update2.freebsd.org... 
> done.
> Fetching metadata index... done.
> Inspecting system... done.
> Preparing to download files... done.
> 
> No updates needed to update system to 15.0-RELEASE-p8.

To update to a new major/minor you should use the "upgrade" subcommand, 
something like this (untested):

freebsd-update upgrade -r 15.1-BETA1

(check the man page, for details)

"update" is only for patches.

-- 
Guido Falsi <[email protected]>