Is iocage jail update the same as pkg update && pkg upgrade inside the jail?

[Wolfeman0101]

I am a bit confused what the difference is. Is the update command a shortcut?

 

[Mannekino]

I've been wondering this myself. I think the update function from the GUI use the FreeNAS iocage repository to update when you have a jail that was created through the installation of a plugin. I've recently moved entirely from the plugins to manual installed jails and then install the applications myself using the most current version of the FreeBSD repository.

Another finding I had when using the update function from the GUI packges I installed manually weren't there anymore. I had a plugin jail in which I installed nano. After using the GUI update function it was gone.

Wonder what the actual answer is to this question.

 

[Jailer]

Iocage update updates the patch level of the FreeBSD version that the jail is running.

https://iocage.readthedocs.io/en/latest/advanced-use.html#updating-jails

 

[Wolfeman0101]

Iocage update updates the patch level of the FreeBSD version that the jail is running.

https://iocage.readthedocs.io/en/latest/advanced-use.html#updating-jails

Isn't that iocage upgrade?

 

[Fredda]

Just read the linked page:

To update a jail to latest patch level, run:
iocage update [UUID | NAME]

To upgrade a jail to the host’s RELEASE, run:
iocage upgrade -r [11.1-RELEASE] [UUID | NAME]