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Subject: Re: freebsd-update no mirrors?
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On 03/06/2012 13:00, RW wrote:
> On Sun, 03 Jun 2012 12:47:47 +0100
> Chris Whitehouse wrote:
>
>>
>> c400# uname -a
>> FreeBSD c400 9.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE #0: Tue Jan  3 07:15:25
>> UTC 2012
>> root@obrian.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  i386
>>
>> Following the handbook:
>>
>> c400# freebsd-update -r 9-STABLE upgrade
>> ...
>> Am I doing something wrong?
>
> freebsd-update only works on release security branches - not
> development branches.

Ah my mistake, thanks. It's a rather old slow laptop and I don't want to 
stress it by building world/kernel, I guess that means it stays on RELEASE.

thanks

Chris