13.0-RELEASE-BETA4

[Steven Friedrich]

On 3/2/2021 1:57 PM, Antonio Olivares wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 1, 2021 at 10:24 PM David Christensen
> <dpchrist at holgerdanske.com> wrote:
>> On 3/1/21 5:35 PM, Antonio Olivares wrote:
>>> On Monday, March 1, 2021, LuMiWa wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 1 Mar 2021 16:04:45 -0600
>>>> Antonio Olivares <olivares14031 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Dear kind FreeBSD users,
>>>>>
>>>>> how to we update from source to 13.0-RELEASE-BETA4?
>>>>>
>>>>> I tried with freebsd-fetch -r upgrade 13.0-RELEASE-BETA4
>>>>> but it fails to start.
>>>>> now I can login, but system is not working correctly.  I tried to
>>>>> rollback, and rerun command but it fails.
>>> https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-snapshots/2021-February/000826.html
>>> Thank you Sir, I have tried
>>> # freebsd-update -r upgrade 13.0-RELEASE-BETA4
>>>
>>> But it did not work.  I wanted to fix my broken installation from source.
>>> But there was a move to git? I have not done source updates since 8.2/9.0
>>> -RELEASE
>>
>> I want a FreeBSD version that "just works", so I use 12.2-RELEASE.
>> Follow the links to download a suitable installer from here:
>>
>>       https://www.freebsd.org/releases/12.2R/announce/
>>
>>
>> 13.0-BETA4 is still under development.  If you want to help test it,
>> follow the link provided by LuMiWa and download a suitable installer
>> from here:
>>
>>       https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/releases/ISO-IMAGES/13.0/
>>
>>
>> Burn your chosen installer to media:
>>
>>       https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/bsdinstall/#bsdinstall-
>> pre
>>
>>
>> Backup the system in question, remove the system drive, install a blank
>> system drive, and do a fresh install.
>>
>>
>> Select the components you want during installation, such as "src" and/or
>> "ports":
>>
>>       https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/bsdinstall/#using-bsdinstall
>>
>>
>> Once FreeBSD is installed, use freebsd-update(8) to keep FreeBSD up to date:
>>
>>
>> https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/cutting-edge/#updating-upgrading-freebsdupdate
>>
>>
>> David
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> @all who have replied
> The new commands to build from source are no longer svn/svn lite
> we now need to use git.
> I have a working 12.2-RELEASE-amd64-p4 machine fully updated.
> I have nuked the installation and installed from media 13.0-BETA4 and
> it is indeed faster, snappier and working well.
> After some testing.  I have found that
> icedtea-web java plugin that should open Java Web Start
> does not open an online gradebook that I need to use.  This used to
> work and does not anymore.  This also does not work on
> FreeBSD-12.0-RELEASE-amd64-p4 fully updated.  I do not know why, and
> how to troubleshoot it :(
>
> Thanks 4 your help/advice
>
>
> Antonio
You are incorrect.  I am using svnlite to track base/releng/12.2
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