Knowing when to update (was: OS update incomplete)

In reply to: paul beard : "Re: OS update incomplete"
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From: Graham Perrin <grahamperrin_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2022 04:02:42 UTC

On 10/10/2022 04:04, paul beard wrote:
> … What's a good interval for freebsd-update? quarterly? Monthly?

Whenever an update becomes available.

All users of FreeBSD should subscribe to freebsd-announce: 
<https://lists.freebsd.org/subscription/freebsd-announce>

Also/alternatively: updates are visible at the home page – currently in 
the fourth column at <https://www.freebsd.org/> (security advisories, 
errata notices).

You can run    freebsd-update fetch   at any time. If no (minor) update 
is available, it will fetch nothing.