IIRC Ed Maste mentioned a couple of things missing from this part of the FreeBSD Handbook.
It took me a couple of days to remember where this was mentioned. Found: <https://reviews.freebsd.org/D35108#795740>
… at least the FreeBSD handbook documentation of freebsd-update appears to be missing a step or two.
The FreeBSD Handbook … no hint of the fetch and install (not an upgrade) that may be appropriate prior tofreebsd-update upgrade -r 13.1-RELEASE
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FreeBSD bugs:
- 264113 – FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE Installation Instructions: update
- 264142 – Handbook section 24.2.3; Add "freebsd-update fetch install" step before version upgrade – Glen Barber (Lead, Primary Release Engineering Team; FreeBSD Documentation Engineering Team) discussed with Pau Amma.