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Date:      Thu, 10 Apr 2014 12:55:26 -0500
From:      Brad Fleming <bdflemin@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Potential Doc Mistake
Message-ID:  <CF43A967-0328-4B52-8A20-477175F1A782@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <44wqex5czr.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
References:  <DEE55AA1-986C-465C-9009-50ED3E91205C@gmail.com> <44wqex5czr.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>

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The command as listed fails on my 9.2-RELEASE VM. But perhaps that=92s =
different in other versions. In either case I=92m not a Free BSD master =
and could certainly be wrong.


On Apr 10, 2014, at 12:08 PM, Lowell Gilbert =
<freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> wrote:

> Brad Fleming <bdflemin@gmail.com> writes:
>=20
>> I think this document might have  syntax error:
>> =
https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/updating-upgrading-freebsdupdate.html=

>>=20
>> Under "23.2.3.2. Performing the Upgrade=94 the first command listed =
is:
>> "freebsd-update -r 9.1-RELEASE upgrade=94
>> but I believe the proper command should be:
>> "freebsd-update upgrade -r 9.1-RELEASE=94
>> (the =93upgrade=94 is in the wrong place)
>>=20
>> I could certainly be wrong but the second command is what=92s =
referenced
>> in other documents and was required for me to move from 9.2 to 10.0.
>=20
> The manual page actually lists options before the subcommand. A quick
> look at the source makes me think that either order is fine.




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