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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,
>>=20
>> thanks for your nice work!
>>=20
>> Since freebsd-update is not working with the current branch of =
FreeBSD,=20
>> I would like to know if there is an easy way to update and/or upgrade=20=

>> the base system and to apply patches?
>=20
> Well an freebsd-update is not something you ever want to run on an =
sdcard
> as it would take longer than compiling yourself!
>=20
> 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.