Clarification of uprading 13.2 -> 14.3

[balanga]

I hate running freebsd-update because things have not worked properly in the past, but I guess I need to get my systems upto date.

Can someone just clarify that upgraing 13.2 -> 14.3 involves these steps:?

# freebsd-update fetch
# freebsd-update install
# freebsd-update upgrade -r 14.3-RELEASE
# freebsd-update install
# freebsd-update install

I'm not sure is freebsd-update install should be run three times.

 

[Phishfry]

# freebsd-update fetch
# freebsd-update install

You don't really need to do this step. Does not hurt but is handled by upgrade.

There should be a reboot between the two freebsd-update install

# freebsd-update upgrade -r 14.3-RELEASE
# freebsd-update install //<<this updates kernel
# reboot
# freebsd-update install //<<this updates userland

After that you must force update all packages.
pkg-static upgrade -f

To verify everything went ok check your version:
freebsd-version -kru

 

[balanga]

Fetching metadata signature for 14.3-RELEASE from dualstack.aws.update.freebsd.org... failed.
No mirrors remaining, giving up.

This may be because upgrading from this platform (amd64)
or release (14.3-RELEASE) is unsupported by freebsd-update. Only
platforms with Tier 1 support can be upgraded by freebsd-update.
See https://www.freebsd.org/platforms/ for more info.

If unsupported, FreeBSD must be upgraded by source.

 

[Phishfry]

According to the handbook you should upgrade first. That maybe your issue.

Chapter 26. Updating and Upgrading FreeBSD

Information about how to keep a FreeBSD system up-to-date with freebsd-update or Git, how to rebuild and reinstall the entire base system, etc

docs.freebsd.org

freebsd-update fetch install

 

[abishai]

You don't really need to do this step. Does not hurt but is handled by upgrade.

Actually, quite the opposite. Greybeards definitely remember how outdated freebsd-update script screwed entire base on upgrade some time ago. I always upgrade system to the latest patchlevel since then.