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The key to knowing if a FreeBSD box reboot is needed lies in comparing the installed kernel version with the currently running kernel version. How do you do that?
1 Get the version of the running kernel:
`freebsd-version -r`
2 Get installed FreeBSD kernel version:
`freebsd-version -k`
3 Since 14.4-RELEASE-p7 & 14.4-RELEASE-p8 are different versions, reboot it
`sudo reboot`
More here if you want to do this in automated way with ansible
https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/freebsd-determine-if-a-system-reboot-is-necessary/#unix #freebsd
Published at
2026-07-30 11:09:54 UTCEvent JSON
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