Potential Doc Mistake

[Fernando Apesteguía]

On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 3:40 PM, Lowell Gilbert
<freebsd-questions-local at be-well.ilk.org> wrote:
> Brad Fleming <bdflemin at gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On Apr 10, 2014, at 12:08 PM, Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local at be-well.ilk.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Brad Fleming <bdflemin at gmail.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> I think this document might have  syntax error:
>>>> https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/updating-upgrading-freebsdupdate.html
>>>>
>>>> Under "23.2.3.2. Performing the Upgrade" the first command listed is:
>>>> "freebsd-update -r 9.1-RELEASE upgrade"
>>>> but I believe the proper command should be:
>>>> "freebsd-update upgrade -r 9.1-RELEASE"
>>>> (the "upgrade" is in the wrong place)
>>>>
>>>> I could certainly be wrong but the second command is what's referenced
>>>> in other documents and was required for me to move from 9.2 to 10.0.
>>>
>>> The manual page actually lists options before the subcommand. A quick
>>> look at the source makes me think that either order is fine.
>
>> The command as listed fails on my 9.2-RELEASE VM. But perhaps that's
>> different in other versions. In either case I'm not a Free BSD master
>> and could certainly be wrong.
>
> Unfortunately, I didn't have time to really look at this closely, so
> it's probably me that's wrong. I'll leave a note to myself to dive in if
> I get a chance, but it would be better if someone else gave it a look.

Both versions work for me in 9.1-RELEASE-p3.

Regards

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