Re: Command 'freebsd-update fetch' hangs, and never finishes

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Op ma 17 jan. 2022 om 12:15 schreef Edwin Ancaer <eancaer@gmail.com>:

> Helllo
>
> I have a problem with the command freebsd-update fetch.
> i currently run the following version of FreeBSD:
>
> [edwin@ottopedi ~/Maintenance]$ uname -a
> FreeBSD ottopedi 12.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 12.3-RELEASE r371126 GENERIC  amd64
>
> I try to execute the command freebsd-update fetch, it starts and then
> just hangs, with following output:
> [edwin@ottopedi ~]$ sudo freebsd-update fetch
> Password:
> src component not installed, skipped
> Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 2 mirrors found.
> Fetching metadata signature for 12.3-RELEASE from update1.freebsd.org...
> done.
> Fetching metadata index... done.
> Inspecting system... done.
> Preparing to download files... done.
> The following files will be updated as part of updating to
> 12.3-RELEASE-p1:
> /bin/freebsd-version
> /boot/kernel/kernel
> /boot/kernel/libalias.ko
> /lib/libalias.so.7
> /usr/lib/libalias.a
> /usr/lib/libalias_p.a
> /usr/lib32/libalias.a
> /usr/lib32/libalias.so.7
> /usr/lib32/libalias_p.a
> (END)
>
> If I cancel the job and optimistically suppose everything will be OK, the
> command freebsd-update install returns as is to be expected):
> [edwin@ottopedi ~]$ sudo freebsd-update install
> Password:
> src component not installed, skipped
> No updates are available to install.
> Run '/usr/sbin/freebsd-update fetch' first.
> [edwin@ottopedi ~]$
>
> Any idea on how to continue to solve this?
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Edwin Ancaer
>
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