Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 16:42:56 +0100 From: Jan Henrik Sylvester <me@janh.de> To: Svein Skogen <svein@stillbilde.net> Cc: stable-list freebsd <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Freebsd-update and release candidates Message-ID: <4D63D980.9070700@janh.de> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=uUN4XfnTH_TGVZ-1ZTSaSLR31K8ghMfMVwpXp@mail.gmail.com> References: <4D63C272.1080004@stillbilde.net> <AANLkTi=uUN4XfnTH_TGVZ-1ZTSaSLR31K8ghMfMVwpXp@mail.gmail.com>
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On 01/-10/-28163 20:59, Renato Botelho wrote: > On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 11:04 AM, Svein Skogen<svein@stillbilde.net> wrote: >> I'm in the process of setting up a small network of FreeBSD >> installations. My plan (this time) is to keep them on branches available >> to freebsd-update, instead of depending on source being checked out from >> CVS. >> >> However, I'm a wee bit curious of whether I will be able to upgrade from >> 8.2RC3 or if I should wait until 8.2 is actually released with the setup >> (I _CAN_ wait a week or two). > > If you are running 8.2-RC3, you can safely run freebsd-update to go > to 8.2-RELEASE. > > # freebsd-update -r 8.2-RELEASE upgrade You can see for yourself, which releases are supported by freebsd-update: http://update4.freebsd.org/ Since 7.2, every BETA, RC, and RELEASE has been available via freebsd-update (i386 and amd64). I think, the binary diffs are not generated for every combination, but since freebsd-update will fallback to downloading the whole files, even leaving out a few releases should always work. The official announcements usually contain a list of releases supported by freebsd-update, for example 8.2-RC3 was available from 8.0-RELEASE, 8.1-RELEASE, 8.2-BETA1, 8.2-RC1, 8.2-RC2, and "earlier FreeBSD releases (FreeBSD 7.x)". BTW: The 8.2-RELEASE bits are on freebsd-update for almost a day already, the ISOs even a little bit longer, but as always: Wait for the official announcement that is scheduled for today. Cheers, Jan Henrik
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