Post #1879316
2026-05-01 22:36 UTC
On #OpenBSD, the update process every six months is:
# sysupgrade
# sysmerge
And as needed:
# syspatch
# pkg_add -u
What are these processes for #FreeBSD?
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@dch@bsd.network 2026-05-02 11:21
@AFresh1@bsd.network this is what I do, for 15.0+ using base system packages: ### make a boot env in case of problems bectl create update-(date -u +%Y%m%d) ### upgrade packages pkg upgrade -r FreeBSD-ports ### upgrade kernel + userland pkg upgrade -r FreeBSD-base ### reboot shutdown -r now For non-base system packages its 'freebsd-update` and it will make a boot env for you.