Solved freebsd -update fetch and job never ends

[BB_]

Hi,
I just started the process to upgrade to 12.2 from 12.1, I am following instructions in "FreeBSD 12.2-RELEASE Installation Instructions"
I am blocked at the first step since "freebsd-update fetch" never ends. In the terminal "freebsd-update fetch" indicates "end" but the process is still running (refer below).
What should I do ? Kill the process and move the next step?

# freebsd-update fetch
src component not installed, skipped
Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 3 mirrors found.
Fetching metadata signature for 12.1-RELEASE from update2.freebsd.org... done.
Fetching metadata index... done.
Inspecting system... done.
Preparing to download files... done.
The following files will be removed as part of updating to
12.1-RELEASE-p10:
/usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Godthab
(END)

result from ps:

# ps
1655  0  I+   0:00.21 /bin/sh /usr/sbin/freebsd-update fetch

Thanks,
B

 

[T-Daemon]

.....
(END)

What you see there is less(1). Just hit the Q key to quit.

 

[fernandel]

Hi,
I just started the process to upgrade to 12.2 from 12.1, I am following instructions in "FreeBSD 12.2-RELEASE Installation Instructions"
I am blocked at the first step since "freebsd-update fetch" never ends. In the terminal "freebsd-update fetch" indicates "end" but the process is still running (refer below).
What should I do ? Kill the process and move the next step?

# freebsd-update fetch
src component not installed, skipped
Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 3 mirrors found.
Fetching metadata signature for 12.1-RELEASE from update2.freebsd.org... done.
Fetching metadata index... done.
Inspecting system... done.
Preparing to download files... done.
The following files will be removed as part of updating to
12.1-RELEASE-p10:
/usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Godthab
(END)

result from ps:
# ps
1655 0 I+ 0:00.21 /bin/sh /usr/sbin/freebsd-update fetch

Thanks,
B

I never use freebsd-update fetch but freebsd-update upgrade -r 12.2-RELEASE and
I didn't have problems.

 

[SirDice]

Note that freebsd-update fetch only downloads the patches for the version you're running, it does not download the upgrade. Still a good idea to make sure you're on the latest patch level before upgrading.

To upgrade you'll need to use freebsd-update -r 12.2-RELEASE upgrade.