https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=293516
Bug ID: 293516
Summary: freebsd-update not working as expected following a
major upgrade from 13.5-RELEASE-p10 to 14.4-RC1
Product: Base System
Version: 14.4-STABLE
Hardware: Any
OS: Any
Status: New
Severity: Affects Only Me
Priority: ---
Component: bin
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Created attachment 268437
--> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=268437&action=edit
Screenshot: VirtualBox, taking a snapshot. pkg is not installed. The third run
of 'freebsd-update install' is endless.
Script started on Sun Mar 1 01:15:20 2026
root@bug293502:~ # uptime
1:15AM up 42 secs, 1 user, load averages: 0.24, 0.06, 0.02
root@bug293502:~ # echo $SHELL
/bin/csh
root@bug293502:~ # freebsd-version -kru ; uname -a
14.4-RC1
14.4-RC1
13.5-RELEASE-p10
FreeBSD bug293502 14.4-RC1 FreeBSD 14.4-RC1 releng/14.4-n273674-041aa28386d3
GENERIC amd64
root@bug293502:~ # freebsd-update install
src component not installed, skipped
Creating snapshot of existing boot environment... done.
Installing updates...
Completing this upgrade requires removing old shared object files.
Please rebuild all installed 3rd party software (e.g., programs
installed from the ports tree) and then run
'freebsd-update [options] install' again to finish installing updates.
root@bug293502:~ # pkg leaf
The package management tool is not yet installed on your system.
Do you want to fetch and install it now? [y/N]: n
root@bug293502:~ # freebsd-update install
load: 0.14 cmd: pkg 44102 [ttyin] 469.14r 0.00u 0.00s 0% 8212k
load: 0.05 cmd: pkg 44102 [ttyin] 618.15r 0.00u 0.00s 0% 8212k
load: 0.10 cmd: pkg 44102 [ttyin] 1832.80r 0.00u 0.00s 0% 8212k
load: 0.31 cmd: pkg 44102 [ttyin] 2151.43r 0.00u 0.00s 0% 8212k
^C
root@bug293502:~ # exit
exit
Script done on Sun Mar 1 01:58:26 2026
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