Problems patching 8.0-STABLE

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Thorny

Developer
Hello,

i could not patch my FreeBSD 8.0-STABLE. The error looks like this:
Code: 
# freebsd-update fetch
Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 4 mirrors found.
Fetching metadata signature for 8.0-STABLE from update5.FreeBSD.org... failed.
Fetching metadata signature for 8.0-STABLE from update4.FreeBSD.org... failed.
Fetching metadata signature for 8.0-STABLE from update3.FreeBSD.org... failed.
Fetching metadata signature for 8.0-STABLE from update2.FreeBSD.org... failed.
No mirrors remaining, giving up.

But i can patch another 8.0 machine, but it is 8.0-RELEASE. Is this a known problem? Is there a workaround?

Greetings,
Thorny
 
Don't. Use the source update to update to 8.1-RELEASE. From there you can use freebsd-update again.

-STABLE is not a development version, -CURRENT is the development version.
 
I'm assuming you did it before. You are running -STABLE and the only way to get that is by doing a source update.
 
SirDice said:
I'm assuming you did it before. You are running -STABLE and the only way to get that is by doing a source update.
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No - i used an installation-cd i downloaded from freebsd.org the day 8.0 was released. The system was a fresh installation and wasn't manipulated since than.
I believe i even have the cd-iso in my archive.
 
Thorny said:
No - i used an installation-cd i downloaded from freebsd.org the day 8.0 was released. The system was a fresh installation and wasn't manipulated since than.
I believe i even have the cd-iso in my archive.
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The install CDs install a -RELEASE version, not -STABLE. You may have downloaded a -STABLE snapshot though, but I don't think they were available for 8.0-STABLE when 8.0-RELEASE came out.

In any case, the handbook section you posted will show you how to do it.
 
Thorny said:
Hm... is there a easy possibility to upgrade from 8.0-STABLE to 8.0-RELEASE?
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For the record: that would be a downgrade. The x.y-STABLE tree is ahead of x.y-RELEASE. You can source-upgrade to 8.1-RELEASE, or even wait for 8.2-RELEASE, and then skip back to using freebsd-update again, as stated.
 
Ok - thanks for your help. I've upgraded it the manual way to 8.1-RELEASE. Problem solved. :)
 
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