From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 5 01:00:03 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2A1A6D9 for ; Sat, 5 Jan 2013 01:00:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd8@a1poweruser.com) Received: from mail-03.name-services.com (mail-03.name-services.com [69.64.155.195]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7698157 for ; Sat, 5 Jan 2013 01:00:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.0.10.3] ([173.88.197.103]) by mail-03.name-services.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Fri, 4 Jan 2013 16:59:58 -0800 Message-ID: <50E77B0C.7000808@a1poweruser.com> Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2013 19:59:56 -0500 From: Fbsd8 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Joe Altman Subject: Re: freebsd-update: fale? References: <20130102002110.GA7209@whisperer.chthonixia.net> <50E59AC4.5020203@martinlaabs.de> <20130104223248.GA63681@whisperer.chthonixia.net> In-Reply-To: <20130104223248.GA63681@whisperer.chthonixia.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 05 Jan 2013 00:59:58.0775 (UTC) FILETIME=[FBDC7C70:01CDEADF] X-Sender: fbsd8@a1poweruser.com X-Authenticated-Sender: fbsd8@a1poweruser.com X-EchoSenderHash: [fbsd8]-[a1poweruser*com] Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 05 Jan 2013 01:00:03 -0000 Joe Altman wrote: > On Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 03:50:44PM +0100, Martin Laabs wrote: >> Hi, >> >> On 01/02/13 01:21, Joe Altman wrote: >>> Greetings, list. I have the following error; though I can load >>> update5.FreeBSD.org in a browser: >>> [...] >> maybe you use a release that is not supported by freebsd-update. Run >> "uname -r" an compare the release with that you see when looking at >> http://update4.freebsd.org/ >> >> If it is not there you can not use freebsd-update. > > Yes; I realized that after I revisited the man page and handbook; > somehow I managed to miss that initially. I'm currently using > 9.1-PRERELEASE. > > > Now I am left to wonder how that state will last; ISTM that eventually > 9.1 will be supported by freebsd-update but I cannot tell when that > might happen. Given that CVSUP is going away soon, I can't see > reinstalling it just for this unnecessary upgrade. > > Since I appear to be stuck between things, I have three questions: > > 1) Is there any way to guesstimate how long until 9.1 is supported by > freebsd-update? > > 2) Am I correct in assuming that there is no good reason (security > concerns, for instance) to update right now? I seem to have no > problems with my system; it runs fine. > > 3) Does freebsd-update really require at least a Gig of space in /var > for a major or minor upgrade? If so, it looks like I may as well > reinstall the OS, since I never anticipated needing that much in > /var. At this point, given the amount of 'portupgrade -fr' I'll need > to do, it might consume less time to start from scratch. > > > Thanks for the followup, and best regards, > > Joe Heres a work around that should work. For your 9.1-PRERELEASE you can temporary change that so freebsd-update will work for you. Issue this console command on your system. setenv UNAME_r "9.0-RELEASE" Now when you run freebsd-update it will think your system is 9.0-RELEASE and go through with the update to 9.1-RELEASE.