KaiXin2d ago
Where does the #sysrc utility come from in a #FreeBSD 15-RELEASE system? I was playing around with an experimental #FreeBSD system which was installed with #pkg from the freebsd-base repository. The FreeBSD-set-minimal, FreeBSD-set-kernel plus a few other firmware packages were installed. The system boots and all works good as usual. But I found #sysrc is no where to find, pkg search sysrc gives py311-ansible-sysrc which does not seem right, freshports reports it is not in 15 but I have it in another system installed using the traditional method. Is it coming from FreeBSD-set-base itself? The the new #pkgbase world, how do I suppose to search where does each utility comes from?

#RunBSD #BSD #Unix #FOSS
Show threadGraham Perrin3d ago

@justine maybe because build requires devel/electron40.

devel/electron39 is currently packaged, 40 is not.

<https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=270565>

<https://www.freshports.org/net-im/deltachat-desktop/#requiredbuild>

<https://www.freshports.org/devel/electron39/>

<https://www.freshports.org/devel/electron40/>

#FreeBSD #Electron #pkg #FAQ #documentation

270565 – electron* ports are blacklisted from the build

Show threadGraham Perrin4d ago

RE: https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@stefano/116703115443140625

@jana thanks!

I would have added just one point: base system updates no longer require freebsd-update …

Postscript: I heard the point made in Q&A in the recording <https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin/116704606382877310> after the event, but not during the live stream.

#FreeBSD #pkg #pkgbase

Show threadGraham Perrin4d ago

@jspath55 also FYI

BACKUP_LIBRARIES

Recent discussion (I'll add something more this weekend): <https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1trd2l6/pkg_backup_packages/
>.

#FreeBSD #pkg

grahamperrin4d ago

pkgbase major upgrade from FreeBSD 14.4 to 15.1-RC2: an example

https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1ty5njr/pkgbase_major_upgrade_from_freebsd_144_to_151rc2/

This upgrade blended:

  • part of the official announcement for 15.1-RC2 – altered for compatibility with the major upgrade
  • part of Emrion's https://forums.freebsd.org/posts/762515 – adapted for my preferred shell, /bin/tcsh.

…

Packages for the third release candidate, RC3, were not available at the time.

https://billboard.bsd.cafe/post/601

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0xh4May 15
Currently, looking at a manifest within a .pkg file.. is there some spec for FreeBSD packages? #FreeBSD #pkg
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FreeBSD PKGBASE Minor Upgrades

The PKGBASE way of things on FreeBSD is still not fully mature (and officially marked as experimental). I tried to cover all PKGBASE things in the Brave New PKGBASE World article but I need to add …

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