On Nov 29, 2023, at 12:21 PM, Manoel Games wrote:
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> I am a new FreeBSD user, and I am using FreeBSD-CURRENT. How do I update the
> FreeBSD-CURRENT kernel, and is it done through pkg? I installed
> FreeBSD-CURRENT without src.
As a new user you should probably run a supported release version, such as
14.0. Releases have binary updates available via freebsd-update. (Upgrading
the base OS via pkg is still experimental.) Current has no such feature, so you
need to download/update the source and recompile.
See the Handbook chapter on upgrading FreeBSD:
https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/cutting-edge/
JN
