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Date:      Wed, 10 Jun 2026 22:42:12 +0200
From:      vermaden <vermaden@interia.pl>
To:        FreeBSD Release Engineering Team <re@FreeBSD.org>, "freebsd-snapshots@FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-snapshots@FreeBSD.org>, "freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD Release Engineering Team <re@FreeBSD.org>, secteam@FreeBSD.org, FreeBSD-security-notifications@FreeBSD.org, FreeBSD-security@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 15.1-RC3 Now Available
Message-ID:  <fuahkmlmkzriibverfoy@grsa>
In-Reply-To: <20260606214002.7D08E151E8@freefall.freebsd.org>

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Hi.

> - --- 2. Upgrading with Base System Packages ---
> 
> If your system was installed with base system packages, you cannot use
> freebsd-update(8).  Instead, use the following procedure to upgrade to
> 15.1-RC3.
> 
> First, update pkg(8) itself to ensure you have the latest version:
> 
> # pkg upgrade -yr FreeBSD-ports pkg
> 
> (...)

The messages that notify about new releases like this one provides instructions on how to update/upgrade PKGBASE FreeBSD system ... but SA (Security Advisories) still miss that information and only mention freebsd-update(8) on how to apply security fixes.

> https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-26:26.ktls.asc

This also needs to be addressed.

Regards,
vermaden


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