Attachment 216399 Details for Bug 247927 – Updates Handbook section 14.4.3 for updating Jails

[patch] Updates Handbook section 14.4.3 for updating Jails

jail.diff (text/plain), 2.09 KB, created by Chris Jordan on 2020-07-11 23:07:51 UTC

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>Index: en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/jails/chapter.xml
>===================================================================
>--- en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/jails/chapter.xml	(revision 54313)
>+++ en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/jails/chapter.xml	(working copy)
>@@ -535,8 +535,33 @@
> 	to maintain jails instead.  Use <option>-b</option> to specify
> 	the path of the jail to be updated.</para>
> 
>+      <para>To update the jail to the latest patch release of the
>+	version of &os; it is already running, then on the
>+	host:</para>
>+
>       <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>freebsd-update -b <replaceable>/here/is/the/jail</replaceable> fetch</userinput>
>+&prompt.root; <userinput>freebsd-update -b <replaceable> /here/is/the/jail</replaceable> install</userinput></screen>
>+
>+      <para>To upgrade the jail to a new version (not just a security
>+	update), first upgrade the host system as described in <xref
>+	linkend="freebsdupdate-upgrade" />.  Once the host has been
>+	upgraded and rebooted, the jail can then be upgraded.
>+	For example to upgrade from 12.0-RELEASE to 12.1-RELEASE,
>+	on the host run:</para>
>+
>+      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>freebsd-update -b <replaceable>/here/is/the/jail</replaceable> --currently-running <replaceable>12.0-RELEASE</replaceable> -r <replaceable>12.1-RELEASE</replaceable> upgrade</userinput>
>+&prompt.root; <userinput>freebsd-update -b <replaceable>/here/is/the/jail</replaceable> install</userinput>
>+&prompt.root; <userinput>service jail restart <replaceable>myjail</replaceable></userinput>
> &prompt.root; <userinput>freebsd-update -b <replaceable>/here/is/the/jail</replaceable> install</userinput></screen>
>+
>+      <para>Then, if it was a major version upgrade, reinstall all
>+	installed packages and restart the jail again.  This is
>+	required because the ABI version changes when upgrading
>+	between major versions of &os;.  From the host:</para>
>+
>+      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg -j <replaceable>myjail</replaceable> upgrade -f</userinput>
>+&prompt.root; <userinput>service jail restart <replaceable>myjail</replaceable></userinput></screen>
>+
>     </sect2>
>   </sect1>
>

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