Re: freebsd-update jail

On Fri, Jan 28, 2022 at 02:16:38PM +0100, Christoph Brinkhaus wrote:
> Am Fri, Jan 28, 2022 at 12:07:54PM +0100 schrieb Julien Cigar:
> 
> Hello Julien!
> 
> > I was also wondering why does (12.3) freebsd-update creates a new boot
> > environment when updating a jail?
> > 
> 
> I have no idea.

I found PR 261446 

> 
> > On Fri, Jan 28, 2022 at 11:30:32AM +0100, Julien Cigar wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > I was wondering what is the best way to upgrade a jail nowadays?
> > > 
> > > I usually use:
> > > 
> > > $> freebsd-update -b /jails/myjail -d /jails/myjail/var/db/freebsd-update/ -f /jails/myjail/etc/freebsd-update.conf -r new-RELEASE --currently-running old-RELEASE upgrade
> > > 
> > > but I was wondering if, with the newly "-j" option, "-b" is still
> > > necessary? (from what I can understand in the source code it is not)
> > > 
> > > so could I used something like:
> > > 
> > > $> freebsd-update -j myjail -r new-RELEASE -d /jails/myjail/var/db/freebsd-update/ -f /jails/myjail/etc/freebsd-update.conf upgrade ?
> > > 
> > > (I usually use -f as the Components aren't the same in the jail as in
> > > the HOST, for example kernel is not installed, nor src)
> 
> As far as I remember I have run the latest upgrade as
> freebsd-update -b /jails/myjail -r new-RELEASE --currently-running old-RELEASE upgrade
> 

freebsd-update has been updated with a -j (operate on the given jail
specified by jid or name) so --currently-running is no more required
when using -j. I was wondering about -b, but after testing it seems that
-b is no more required too, so the following works:

$> sudo freebsd-update -j myjail -r new-RELEASE upgrade

> I have not been aware of the -d and -f options.
> 

I was using a separate -f as Components differ, but it looks like
freebsd-update detects is nowadays (so not required anymore)

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> 
> This is a nice signature :-).
> 

:-)

> Kind regards,
> Christoph
> 
> 

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