FreeBSD 11.3-BETA1 Now Available

Wed May 29 16:21:31 UTC 2019

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Apologies for sending this followup email regarding binary upgrade bits
so late:

On Sat, May 25, 2019 at 12:38:23AM +0000, Glen Barber wrote:
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> === Upgrading ===
> 
> Please note, freebsd-update(8) upgrades to 11.3-BETA1 are not yet
> available, and undergoing investigation.
> 

Support for upgrading via freebsd-upgrade(8) is now available.

The freebsd-update(8) utility supports binary upgrades of amd64 and i386
systems running earlier FreeBSD releases.  Systems running earlier
FreeBSD releases can upgrade as follows:

	# freebsd-update upgrade -r 11.3-BETA1

During this process, freebsd-update(8) may ask the user to help by
merging some configuration files or by confirming that the automatically
performed merging was done correctly.

	# freebsd-update install

The system must be rebooted with the newly installed kernel before
continuing.

	# shutdown -r now

After rebooting, freebsd-update needs to be run again to install the new
userland components:

	# freebsd-update install

It is recommended to rebuild and install all applications if possible,
especially if upgrading from an earlier FreeBSD release, for example,
FreeBSD 11.x.  Alternatively, the user can install misc/compat10x and
other compatibility libraries, afterwards the system must be rebooted
into the new userland:

	# shutdown -r now

Finally, after rebooting, freebsd-update needs to be run again to remove
stale files:

	# freebsd-update install

Regards,

Glen

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