freebsd-update(8) and custom kernels

[Steve O'Hara-Smith]

On Tue, 6 Nov 2018 18:28:21 +0100
Aram Hăvărneanu <aram.h at mgk.ro> wrote:

> > 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.

	I have used this procedure for upgrading several times now (most
recently from 11.1 to 11.2 - and that box started on 9.<something> so
it's been through two major version upgrades). There's an extra
freebsd-update install after the reboot but other than that it's fine IME,
YMMV of course.

-- 
Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve at sohara.org>