freebsd-update

  1. A

    Check base system for obsolete or orphaned files

    After several freebsd-updates I ran today in an issue with /lib/libreadline conflicting with /usr/local/lib/libreadline. The former (/lib/libreadline) seems to be a left over from a previous FreeBSD version. After removing the old one in /lib and running ldconfig the bash shell started to work...
  2. chrbr

    Re-use downloads for freebsd-update

    Dear community, usually an upgrade of FreeBSD using freebsd-update is nothing to worry about. Just run fetch and install as documented and take care about the packages. And that's it. But there might be an option to speep up and save bandwidth if more than one system is to be updated. As far as...
  3. antranigv

    Solved Using Jail host as a cache server for pkg and freebsd-update

    Hi all! how are you? :) I have a Jail host which contains about 50 Jails. During day-to-day operations, I need to install packages, a lot of these packages are the same (nginx, vim-console, etc), it would be really good if I can make the Jail host a pkg cache server, where the Jails can use the...
  4. nerozero

    freebsd-update fetch install -> cause: zfs i/o error - all block copies unavailable

    hello, I made this on fresh installed system (FreeBSD 12.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 12.1-RELEASE r354233 GENERIC amd64): freebsd-update fetch install which ends up to be unable to boot with this error: zfs i/o error - all block copies unavailable system runs on zfs mirror with SSD as cache: zpool...
  5. J

    failed upgrading FreeBSD 11.1

    It seems 11.2 upgrade works fine but files missing for 11.1. % sudo freebsd-update -v debug fetch src component not installed, skipped Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 3 mirrors found. Fetching public key from update2.freebsd.org... fetch...
  6. NapoleonWils0n

    Solved freebsd-update 404 error on server - losing the will to live

    Hi All I've been trying upgrade from freebsd 12 to 12.1 for the last 2 days without much joy I was getting a pkg mismatch error because i hadnt upgraded to 12.1 Running freebsd-update with the debug option shows a 404 error on the update server # freebsd-update --debug -r 12.1-RELEASE upgrade...
  7. noodlefling

    how to (or not) compile debug components

    # freebsd-update upgrade -r 11.3-RELEASE Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 3 mirrors found. Fetching metadata signature for 11.2-RELEASE from update1.freebsd.org... done. Fetching metadata index... done. Fetching 1 metadata patches. done. Applying metadata patches... done. Inspecting...
  8. P

    Unable to patch 12.0-RELEASE-p8 to 12.0-RELEASE-p10

    Today, I got a warning that 12.0-RELEASE-p8 is reaching its end-of-life; however I am unable to patch to 12.0-RELEASE-p10 despite not receiving any error warnings. I only have one virtual CPU for my VPS that I rent, and I would rather not build from sources. I tried scouring the forums, but I...
  9. E

    freebsd-update fails to fetch metadata files

    Hi, 12.0-p10 system. This was arrived at by upgrading an old 12-stable system (r349995) # freebsd-version -ku 12.0-RELEASE-p10 12.0-RELEASE-p10 # freebsd-update fetch Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 3 mirrors found. Fetching metadata signature for 12.0-RELEASE from...
  10. macosxgeek

    How to apply security patches and upgrade FreeBSD-STABLE ?

    Hi, I'm running: 12.0-STABLE FreeBSD 12.0-STABLE r351060 GENERIC amd64 Recently I was trying to upgrade the system and apply latest security patches.. Unfortunately when I'm running: freebsd-update fetch I'm getting the following error message: freebsd-update: Cannot upgrade from a version...
  11. noodlefling

    11.2-RELEASE-p9 End-of-Life

    WARNING: FreeBSD 11.2-RELEASE-p9 is approaching its End-of-Life date. It is strongly recommended that you upgrade to a newer release within the next 2 months. I got the above warning message when doing a freebsd-update fetch (although no updates were needed) today. The site says 11.2 will be...
  12. mecano

    freebsd-update to 11.2-RELEASE-p8, mergemaster out of sync, broken system

    Hello, I was updating jails with mergemaster -iFU after 11.2p8 update and run it on main host by inadvertance. I realized this when mergemaster output looked suspicious : *** The following files exist in /etc/rc.d but not in /var/tmp/temproot/etc/rc.d/: blacklistd iovctl ipfw_netflow ypldap...
  13. jdb

    vm-bhyve problems with after updating to 12.0-RELEASE

    Hey guys, After I did the update to 12.0-RELEASE I am having problems with sysutils/vm-bhyve. OS: FreeBSD 12.0-RELEASE r341666 GENERIC amd64 vm-bhyve version: v1.2-p3 (build 102071) vmm_load: enabled I am trying to install windows (new install).. When...
  14. Rob215x

    Server doesn't boot after upgrading from 10.3 to 11.2

    Hello, I have a server used for web hosting that is located in another state so I only have access via SSH. - I DO have root access. - I am NOT an expert and I only know the basics so please bear with me. - My system has been running great for a few years and I have upgraded FreeBSD...
  15. ShelLuser

    9 tips for using the source to update your system

    Hi gang! Editorial FreeBSD is my all time favorite Unix(-like) operating system. It is both a means as well as a goal for me at times, meaning that it's both simply a tool to get things done (like writing this article right now) but it's also often a goal in itself; trying to make things...
  16. N

    First update after install: No mirrors found in default installation [11.2-RELEASE]

    After installing FreeBSD [11.2] for the first time, it seems to work properly except for updating: root@firsttry:~ # freebsd-update fetch Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors. . . none found. Fetching public key from update.FreeBSD.org. . . failed. No mirrors remaining, giving up. uname...
  17. noodlefling

    Solved wrong openssl library version required after botched system upgrade

    I recently updated from 10.4-RELEASE to 11.2-RELEASE. The upgrade was not clean, as the system ran out of space a couple of times and things got seriously out of whack. There was a rollback that put the system in a weird state. Eventually, I thought I'd gotten it all sorted out. Once it looked...
  18. J

    Determine Changes in KK.M-RELEASE-pN?

    I'm trying to determine how to see if a given MFC-ed change is present in a freebsd-update patch version, prior to installing it. This could be, for example, how to checkout the "tagged" source associated with the patch (to diff and/or examine the logs), or how to examine the patch contents...
  19. S

    Solved Completing a botched pending update with some files missing

    Is it possible to resume a pending update (after rebooting with new kernel) if freebsd-update install complains about missing files? That is, to re-download those files and continue with the second stage of update. My machine almost went out of disk space after the first stage: before rebooting...
  20. pming

    Fetching 1 metadata files. . . Failed

    Hey guys I wanted to update my system one last time before upgrading to 11.2-RELEASE. Apparently my machine is looking for files that aren't even available: admin@server ~ sudo freebsd-update -v debug fetch install src component not installed, skipped Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors...
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