11.4 to 12.0-RELEASE (was: Problem updating from 11.4 to 12.whatever)

From: Graham Perrin <grahamperrin_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2021 22:54:13 UTC
On 22/11/2021 17:35, William Dudley wrote:
> … following the instructions here:
>
> https://www.cyberciti.biz/open-source/freebsd-12-released-here-is-how-to-upgrade-freebsd/

This instruction would probably be enough to break the system:

 > freebsd-update -r 12.0-RELEASE upgrade

– because 12.0-RELEASE is significantly outdated; older than 11.4.