The information is incomplete, it lacks an essential step. Let's remove it from this page. Better information about updating is elsewhere.
<https://www.freebsd.org/security/#how> Origin: <https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-doc/blob/b80a267da70e36e3531cb418b8e7c154f8815a5d/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/security/security.xml#L46-L47> (2013-04-18) * no hint to restart the OS.
Whilst taking this report (a formality) I'll plea for anyone with an interest in security, or updating FreeBSD, to: * add a patch – it should be easy enough. Thanks.
https://reviews.freebsd.org/D42755
A commit in branch main references this bug: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=cc7c9e7d28f2e47391b0d8fda1496d2a5c06bd22 commit cc7c9e7d28f2e47391b0d8fda1496d2a5c06bd22 Author: Minsoo Choo <minsoochoo0122@proton.me> AuthorDate: 2023-11-25 10:23:17 +0000 Commit: Sergio Carlavilla Delgado <carlavilla@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2023-11-25 10:23:17 +0000 Website - Security: New link to handbook Add a link to handbook for details about applying security patches PR: 267985 Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D42755 website/content/en/security/_index.adoc | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
Done. Thanks.