Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2022 08:00:38 GMT From: Gordon Bergling <gbe@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-branches@FreeBSD.org Subject: git: 7ee9d5a0fdc9 - stable/12 - freebsd-update.8: Note availability of updates for ALPHA, BETA, and RC Message-ID: <202209240800.28O80c2i011637@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
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The branch stable/12 has been updated by gbe (doc committer): URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=7ee9d5a0fdc91f75bfe224e6879f88069cacac0d commit 7ee9d5a0fdc91f75bfe224e6879f88069cacac0d Author: Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2022-04-22 12:28:04 +0000 Commit: Gordon Bergling <gbe@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2022-09-24 08:00:04 +0000 freebsd-update.8: Note availability of updates for ALPHA, BETA, and RC While here, restructure the section about the binary updates availability. (cherry picked from commit 460ad988a9bb0e1aaf0da5fdb189cac752c42fe0) --- usr.sbin/freebsd-update/freebsd-update.8 | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/usr.sbin/freebsd-update/freebsd-update.8 b/usr.sbin/freebsd-update/freebsd-update.8 index de4b5b4a4c0b..6d7fc792c6f1 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/freebsd-update/freebsd-update.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/freebsd-update/freebsd-update.8 @@ -52,22 +52,42 @@ tool is used to fetch, install, and rollback binary updates to the .Fx base system. -Note that updates are only available if they are being built for the +.Sh BINARY UPDATES AVAILABILITY +Binary updates are not available for every single .Fx -release and architecture being used; in particular, the +version and architecture. +.Pp +In general, binary updates are available for ALPHA, BETA, RC, and RELEASE +versions of +.Fx , +e.g.: +.Bl -item -offset indent -compact +.It +.Fx 13.1-ALPHA3 +.It +.Fx 13.1-BETA2 +.It +.Fx 13.1-RC1 +.It +.Fx 13.1-RELEASE +.El +They are not available for branches such as PRERELEASE, STABLE, and CURRENT, +e.g.: +.Bl -item -offset indent -compact +.It +.Fx 13.0-PRERELEASE +.It +.Fx 13.1-STABLE +.It +.Fx 14.0-CURRENT +.El +.Pp +In particular, the .Fx Security Team only builds updates for releases shipped in binary form by the .Fx -Release Engineering Team, e.g., -.Fx -11.2-RELEASE and -.Fx -12.0-RELEASE, but not -.Fx -11.2-STABLE or -.Fx -13.0-CURRENT. +Release Engineering Team. .Sh OPTIONS The following options are supported: .Bl -tag -width "-r newrelease"
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