The branch main has been updated by ziaee:
URL:
https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=9c215e77b29a7165fb2944118a69ab94e35357f0
commit 9c215e77b29a7165fb2944118a69ab94e35357f0
Author: Alexander Ziaee <zi...@freebsd.org>
AuthorDate: 2025-08-06 15:46:10 +0000
Commit: Alexander Ziaee <zi...@freebsd.org>
CommitDate: 2025-08-06 16:32:39 +0000
freebsd-version.8: Add back freebsd-update paragraph
Someone may be working on making a pkg backend for freebsd-update
so we can keep it.
This reverts commit e9792345d36c96dbb49f3ee996f75384a4cca532.
---
bin/freebsd-version/freebsd-version.1 | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/bin/freebsd-version/freebsd-version.1
b/bin/freebsd-version/freebsd-version.1
index 27ed69b38bc5..82ea9c707d69 100644
--- a/bin/freebsd-version/freebsd-version.1
+++ b/bin/freebsd-version/freebsd-version.1
@@ -75,6 +75,14 @@ version, next the userland version, and finally the userland
version
of the specified jails, on separate lines.
If neither is specified, it will print the userland version only.
.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
+The
+.Nm
+utility should provide the correct answer in the vast majority of
+cases, including on systems kept up-to-date using
+.Xr freebsd-update 8 ,
+which does not update the kernel version unless the kernel itself was
+affected by the latest patch.
+.Pp
To determine the name (and hence the location) of a custom kernel, the
.Nm
utility will attempt to parse
