freebsd-update: No updates needed to update system to 13.3-RELEASE-p8.

[Rody]

I'm trying to update my system running 13.3-RELEASE-p7 using freebsd-update,
but I'm confused as to what it is saying:

# freebsd-update fetch
src component not installed, skipped
Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 3 mirrors found.
Fetching metadata signature for 13.3-RELEASE from update2.freebsd.org... done.
Fetching metadata index... done.
Inspecting system... done.
Preparing to download files... done.

No updates needed to update system to 13.3-RELEASE-p8.

WARNING: FreeBSD 13.3-RELEASE-p7 HAS PASSED ITS END-OF-LIFE DATE.
Any security issues discovered after Wed Jan 1 01:00:00 CET 2025
will not have been corrected.

So, it is telling me that no updates are needed to update to p8 while at the
same time warning about still running p7. The warning would not have been
needed if I had to do nothing but it doesn't tell me what to do to get to p8.

Please advice as I'm confused...

Rody

[Dale Scott]

Default behavior is to update the patch level (the "-px"). You need to use the "upgrade" flag to  upgrade to v14. Details are in the handbook...

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[Dag-Erling Smørgrav]

Rody <ro...@dds.nl> writes:
> I'm trying to update my system running 13.3-RELEASE-p7 using

> freebsd-update, but I'm confused as to what it is saying: [...]

If you're asking about p7 vs p8: if a security advisory or erratum only
affects userland programs or libraries, or kernel modules but not the
kernel itself, the kernel version will not be bumped. Therefore, `uname
-r` (which freebsd-update largely relies on) may show a lower patch
level than `freebsd-version` (which is always updated).

If you were actually expecting it to upgrade your system to 13.4: you
need to run a) `freebsd-update upgrade -r 13.4-RELEASE` followed by b)
`freebsd-update install` to install the new kernel, then c) reboot, then
d) `freebsd-update install` again to install the new userland, then e)
update your packages, then possibly f) `freebsd-update install` a third
time to delete obsolete files, then finally g) reboot again.

Note that if you're upgrading from one minor release to another of the
same major release (like 13.3 to 13.4), you can usually skip the first
reboot and there usually won't be a third `freebsd-update install`.

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[Rody]

Thanks for the clarification, upgrading did it for me.
This was the first time for me doing an upgrade.
I am now subscribed to the freebsd-announce mailing list to stay informed of
future updates.

Rody