Topic: freebsd-update

• Updating FreeBSD: freebsd-update for the base system, pkg upgrade for packages, and pkg audit for known vulnerabilities

  FreeBSD splits patching into two independent tools: freebsd-update fetch/install for the base system (with upgrade -r for a major release change), and pkg upgrade for installed packages. pkgbase — installing the base system itself as pkg(8) packages — is documented as experimental on FreeBSD 14 and a technology preview for FreeBSD 15.0, not yet the default path.

  methodology · en · reviewed · knowledge as of 2026-09-24

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