Curious about how OS updates work

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Hi all,

I was curious how updates worked if one was on a nightly release. Does pkgman full-sync bring a system inline with the latest kernel, drivers, etc or is there some other process for that?

Thanks everyone!

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Yes,it’s exactly that: pkgman full-sync or alternatively the SoftwareUpdater application installs the latest updates.
The system itself with kernel,drivers and system libraries is also just a package like anything else,that’s haiku.hpkg.

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Thanks so much for answering. Great to know!