freebsd-update(8) and custom kernels

Aram Hăvărneanu aram.h at mgk.ro
Tue Nov 6 17:28:44 UTC 2018


> I usually use:
> $> freebsd-update fetch
> $> freebsd-update install
> $> make kernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL
> $> reboot

That works for installing updates to the same release, but I don't
see how it would work for upgrading to a new release
(freebsd-update -r XX.Y-RELEASE upgrade). You need to boot up
the new kernel before installing the new binaries. Indeed,
freebsd-update does a two stage process.

-- 
Aram Hăvărneanu


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