From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 7 11:39:09 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FFEA1065673 for ; Fri, 7 Jan 2011 11:39:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1:3fd3:cd67:fafa:3d78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA30F8FC0C for ; Fri, 7 Jan 2011 11:39:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from seedling.black-earth.co.uk (seedling.black-earth.co.uk [81.187.76.163]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p07Bd3NV000647 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 7 Jan 2011 11:39:04 GMT (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.8.3 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk p07Bd3NV000647 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infracaninophile.co.uk; s=201001-infracaninophile; t=1294400344; bh=YxMtrh5Ql9cdMO5QVZOZL9tepM6w8DlHwwppw46uU1g=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:MIME-Version:To:CC:Subject:References: In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Cc:Content-Type:Date:From:In-Reply-To: Message-ID:Mime-Version:References:To; z=Message-ID:=20<4D26FB50.5010506@infracaninophile.co.uk>|Date:=20F ri,=2007=20Jan=202011=2011:38:56=20+0000|From:=20Matthew=20Seaman= 20|User-Agent:=20Mozilla/5.0=20(M acintosh=3B=20U=3B=20Intel=20Mac=20OS=20X=2010.6=3B=20en-US=3B=20r v:1.9.2.13)=20Gecko/20101207=20Thunderbird/3.1.7|MIME-Version:=201 .0|To:=20Paul=20Macdonald=20|CC:=20freebsd-questi ons@freebsd.org|Subject:=20Re:=20Upgrade=20path=20from=20STABLE=20 to=20RELEASE|References:=20<4D26F58D.3040208@ifdnrg.com>|In-Reply- To:=20<4D26F58D.3040208@ifdnrg.com>|X-Enigmail-Version:=201.1.1|Op enPGP:=20id=3D60AE908C|Content-Type:=20multipart/signed=3B=20mical g=3Dpgp-sha1=3B=0D=0A=20protocol=3D"application/pgp-signature"=3B= 0D=0A=20boundary=3D"------------enig606072100A74E79766919F7A"; b=IFCCNqglXERPAQ4o9bpuYLHhUQqSCgbZhzo11OXdBQSzPEEpug55nMHgdt7aKy0x0 g/tl0mkgT7Dv6HYaLXsjhk8CZov0C9fR3myBOG31cE5kAA+q5BjWlGnjzWBSklddZO Qa9bII4rySd0x8KRvkWcJWGbDTbF8DeuuSJhoACM= Message-ID: <4D26FB50.5010506@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2011 11:38:56 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101207 Thunderbird/3.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Paul Macdonald References: <4D26F58D.3040208@ifdnrg.com> In-Reply-To: <4D26F58D.3040208@ifdnrg.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.1 OpenPGP: id=60AE908C Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig606072100A74E79766919F7A" X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.96.5 at lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,SPF_FAIL autolearn=no version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrade path from STABLE to RELEASE X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2011 11:39:09 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig606072100A74E79766919F7A Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 07/01/2011 11:14, Paul Macdonald wrote: > I have a box which i installed 7.0 stable on and i want to do a binary > update to 8.1 REL, is this possible via the freebsd-update utility? >=20 > freebsd-update -r 8.1-RELEASE upgrade > Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 4 mirrors found. > Fetching public key from update5.FreeBSD.org... failed. > Fetching public key from update4.FreeBSD.org... failed. > Fetching public key from update2.FreeBSD.org... failed. > Fetching public key from update3.FreeBSD.org... failed. > No mirrors remaining, giving up. >=20 > (Its only on stable that it fails, works fine). No. freebsd-update only works with -RELEASE branches, as you have discovered for yourself. Your choices are to backup and reinstall using a release version, or to grab the latest -STABLE or -RELEASE sources and upgrade by compiling from source. Note that last option still won't allow you to use freebsd-update subsequently: you have to stick with the binaries from the install media for that to work. 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