#pkg will switch back from libcurl to libfetch (augmented with full http/1.1 support, and sugar that we used from libcurl).
There should be no loss for users, and it will save me headache at each libcurl updates.
This is not a rant against libcurl which is great, just bundling it was not a great idea maintenance wise.
pkg upgrade -Fqy
For a single run, with conflicts, there may be multiple prompts for one more solver iteration.
I think this is negligible, not worth reporting as an issue. @_bapt_ do you agree?
Thanks
RE: https://tech.lgbt/@trashheap/116182979314947761
Desktop environments: FreeBSD Project-provided packages in the ports collection
<https://gist.github.com/grahamperrin/307b8cdef5d4dcd30f5fdc4cdea03c72>
@stefano similarly boring, in a pleasant silent Sunday way:
– using pkgbase with FreeBSD 14 to work around a bug involving freebsd-update, which is not yet compatible with base packages.
Using pkgbase to put things right is the natural thing to do, when someone demands abandonment of pkgbase 😺
📦 https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-hackers/2026-February/005736.html 🙄
@dch I don't have a great deal of patience with people who supposedly follow FreeBSD, closely, for years, and then express dismay that FreeBSD can be upgraded:
pkg upgrade
I mean, come on, people. The plan was clear enough more than a decade ago.
In last year's <https://mail-archive.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?dfc2de28-f496-4746-ac78-5b5ff68c5ed6> I refrained from quoting Glen Barber (his 2016 call for testing):
＂… Also note (as repeated below), running 'pkg delete -a' will implicitly remove base system packages after they are installed. …＂
RE: https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin/115586509436595040
Outdated, but maybe still useful: my guide from January 2023.
Argh. #freebsd does not want to be a desktop on an #Ideapad. I have a truly aggravating time identifying the video devices to start #x11. And yesterday it decided to forget a number of installed packages, like #w3m or the video drivers. I just #pkg install what I noticed missing, but I don't have a clue why marked them not installed.
I shall, at some point, get freebsd to work. Someday.
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