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Date:      Fri, 16 Nov 2012 08:55:21 +0100
From:      Bas Smeelen <b.smeelen@ose.nl>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: WARNING: FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE is approaching its End-of-Life date.
Message-ID:  <50A5F169.8090005@ose.nl>
In-Reply-To: <2c53-50a5f080-27d-27e0f7c0@89976315>
References:  <2c53-50a5f080-27d-27e0f7c0@89976315>

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On 11/16/2012 08=3A52 AM=2C Matthias Petermann wrote=3A
=3E     Hi Andreas=2C
=3E     do I understand it right - the default behaviour of freebsd-update=
 will
=3E     be to update a 9=2E0 system to 9=2E1 when it becomes available=3F S=
o this is
=3E     a rolling procedure=3F

Hi

No it only updates the release you have=2E
To upgrade you wil have to use -r and specify the release
In other words to upgrade use
freebsd-update -r 9=2E1-RELEASE upgrade

=3E     I ask this because I could not find a parameter etc=2E in the man p=
age
=3E     which may influent this=2C e=2Eg=2E to limit updates to stay in a m=
ain
=3E     release =289=2E0=2C 9=2E0-p1=2C 9=2E0-p=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2C 9=2E0-p12=
=29 but don=27t upgrade to 9=2E1=2E
=3E     Kind regards=2C
=3E     Matthias
=3E     Am Freitag=2C 16=2E November 2012 00=3A25 CET=2C Andreas Rudisch
=3E     =3C=22cyb=2E=22=40gmx=2Enet=3E schrieb=3A
=3E
=3E       On Thu=2C 15 Nov 2012 23=3A46=3A53 +0100
=3E       Matthias Petermann wrote=3A
=3E       =3E Thanks for the clearification=2E One technical thing=3A is it=

=3E       possible=2C to upgrade
=3E       =3E from FreeBSD 9=2E0 to 9=2E1 with the freebsd-update utility=
=3F
=3E       Yes=2C it is=2E



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