Re: FreeBSD 13.0-BETA2 Now Available

On Sat, 13 Feb 2021 at 09:52, Glen Barber <gjb_at_freebsd.org> wrote:

> The second BETA build of the 13.0-RELEASE release cycle is now available.
>
>
> === Upgrading ===
>
> The freebsd-update(8) utility supports binary upgrades of amd64, i386
> and aarch64 systems running earlier FreeBSD releases.  Systems running
> earlier FreeBSD releases can upgrade as follows:
>
>         # freebsd-update upgrade -r 13.0-BETA2
>
> During this process, freebsd-update(8) may ask the user to help by
> merging some configuration files or by confirming that the automatically
> performed merging was done correctly.
>
>         # freebsd-update install
>
> The system must be rebooted with the newly installed kernel before
> continuing.
>
>         # shutdown -r now
>
> After rebooting, freebsd-update needs to be run again to install the new
> userland components:
>
>         # freebsd-update install
>

If your host is only trunked to VLANs and not on a PVID, this step will not
work if you are upgrading from 11.4 or 12.2.  After reboot, ifconfig will
not be able to configure network interfaces for VLAN tagging.  It appears
to be set correctly after reboot but packets will not be tagged thus
dropped on the switch.  Once the above freebsd-update install has
completed, ifconfig will work correctly and the host will have network
access again.

Workaround:

1. Using IPMI/LOM access, login as root and issue freebsd-update install
(not desirable for non-IPMI access on a remote host)
2. Allowing sufficient time for a reboot, put a future cron job in place
that executes freebsd-update install && shutdown -r now


> It is recommended to rebuild and install all applications if possible,
> especially if upgrading from an earlier FreeBSD release, for example,
> FreeBSD 11.x.  Alternatively, the user can install misc/compat11x and
> other compatibility libraries, afterwards the system must be rebooted
> into the new userland:
>
>         # shutdown -r now
>
> Finally, after rebooting, freebsd-update needs to be run again to remove
> stale files:
>
>         # freebsd-update install