The `pkg` utility logs installment, updates and removal of packages. `freebsd-update` however doesn't seem to log anything. For traceability reasons it may be important that system updates are logged to syslog.
A great idea, thank you. I checked the manual page for syslog.conf(5), there's no mention of freebsd-update(8). <https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=syslog.conf&sektion=5&manpath=FreeBSD> <https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=freebsd-update&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD> <https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/config/#_configuring_local_logging> <https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/book/#_configuring_local_logging>
Triage: severity reduced the norm for a feature request.