Clarification of uprading 13.2 -> 14.3

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

Code: 
# 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
 
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 said:
You don't really need to do this step. Does not hurt but is handled by upgrade.
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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 Greybeards definitely remember how outdated freebsd-update script screwed entire base on upgrade some time ago.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.
 
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