Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 08:12:47 -0500 From: George Mitchell <george+freebsd@m5p.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrade from 10.1-RC3 to 10.1-RELEASE using freebsd-update Message-ID: <5468A2CF.7030303@m5p.com> In-Reply-To: <20141116191816.K31139@sola.nimnet.asn.au> References: <1416065576.26947.YahooMailNeo@web190701.mail.sg3.yahoo.com> <CAN6yY1toHrS5SWj94KFshuAmppkiVxbVwCJArRSpMPB8mP4ssA@mail.gmail.com> <20141116191816.K31139@sola.nimnet.asn.au>
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On 11/16/14 03:42, Ian Smith wrote: > On Sat, 15 Nov 2014 11:41:03 -0800, Kevin Oberman wrote: > [..] > > You're using the wrong command to freebsd-update. > > # freebsd-update upgrade -r 10.1-RELEASE > > > > "fetch" is appropriate to updating for patches to the release you are > > currently running. > > > > Since you installed from a USB distribution, there is no rollback. The > > rollback data is created by freebsd-update. > > > > Also, I suspect you entered the data above from memory as freebsd-upgrade > > is not a command in base freebsd. > > Personally I find usage of the terms 'update' and 'upgrade' bound to > lead to problems; they are not far enough from synonymous in common > English usage. C.O.D. has it thus: update v.t. Bring up to date. > upgrade v.t. Raise in rank etc. > [...] I'll see your confusion and raise you a question about why "pkg update" is even a separate option, since "pkg upgrade" will do it for you by default. Personally I have trained myself that "pkg update" isn't what I want and that I should always type "pkg upgrade". -- George
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