Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2017 13:56:08 -0500 From: Paul Mather <paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> To: Brad Davis <brd@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Thomas Schemme <freebsd-arm@zilon.de>, freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Raspberry Pi 3B Message-ID: <5AD8F2D5-89A3-4A4D-8857-AE7980B131B9@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> In-Reply-To: <20170119180007.GL70816@corpmail.liquidneon.com> References: <1466381073.4024566.1484325593959.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <1466381073.4024566.1484325593959@mail.yahoo.com> <20170113170536.GF70816@corpmail.liquidneon.com> <51ae9eae-9e0d-39bd-d265-4c8fc37f75bd@zilon.de> <20170119180007.GL70816@corpmail.liquidneon.com>
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On Jan 19, 2017, at 1:00 PM, Brad Davis <brd@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 11:30:31AM +0100, Thomas Schemme wrote: >> Hello, >> >> thanks for your nice work! >> >> Since freebsd-update is not working with the current branch of FreeBSD, >> I would like to know if there is an easy way to update and/or upgrade >> the base system and to apply patches? > > Well an freebsd-update is not something you ever want to run on an sdcard > as it would take longer than compiling yourself! > > Eventually the pkging base work will be the solution for arm devices. > This work is still in progress and not really ready yet. Having said that, I have been using the base packages support provided by FreeBSD-STABLE for several months now on my ARM systems and it has worked very nicely up to now. It will be great when it is rolled out officially. Cheers, Paul.home | help
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