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Latest revision as of 02:21, 9 August 2022
Upgrading FreeBSD releases is done using freebsd-update
and freebsd-upgrade
.
These are used to update the kernel, and the binary package repos, and installed software.
NOTE:
Afterwards, Make sure to rebuild the source tree, and your jails!!!
NOTE:
you may also be interested in jail maintenance
Patch Releases (X.X-p13)
freebsd-update fetch freebsd-update install reboot # you may be asked to reboot/freebsd-update install several times sudo pkg upgrade # update packages for new releaseIf asked to update your ports:
portmaster -af
Minor/Major Updates (9.0 -> 9.1, 10.0)
visit https://www.freebsd.org/ to see currently supported releases
freebsd-update upgrade -r 10.0-RELEASE freebsd-update install reboot # you may be asked to reboot/freebsd-update install several times sudo pkg upgradeIf asked to update your ports:
portmaster -af
Fixing Broken/Updated Systems
Frequently, as you update an aged system, it will cause missing libraries, or otherwise broken systems. Here are some tips to get you out of the hole:
single-user mode
# Restart your computer, then press '2' at the FreeBSD devil screen mount -u / # mount ZFS so that it is read/write dhclient em0 # add internetdownload libraries from an older release
cd /home/src mkdir freebsd-10.2 ftp http://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/10.2-RELEASE/base.txz # download libs from a release /rescue/tar -xvf base.txz -C freebsd-10.2 # extract to path find . -iname 'libcrypto*' # search for your missing library cp lib/libcrypto.so.5 /lib/ # copy to your host systemSee: https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/shared-object-libcrypto-so-7-not-found.50488/