(Edit to add: I am an idiot, this host was never pkgbasified, but leaving for the edification of others)
Weird #FreeBSD #pkgbase thing. #sysadmin
I updated my hosts from 14->15 with freebsd-update, then ran pkgbaseify and switched to pkgbase. No problem.
My jails & bhyves update, no problem.
# freebsd-version
15.0-RELEASE-p8
The bare metal install?
# freebsd-version
15.0-RELEASE-p4
# pkg upgrade -r FreeBSD-base
Updating FreeBSD-base repository catalogue...
FreeBSD-base repository is up to date.
FreeBSD-base is up to date.
Checking for upgrades (1 candidates): 100%
Processing candidates (1 candidates): 100%
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
Your packages are up to date.
So it finds packages, but there's nothing to update? #headdesk
RE: https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin/116525622004630724
pkgbase in the FreeBSD Handbook
<https://reviews.freebsd.org/D56632> for <https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/cutting-edge/#pkgbase> seems to be an outcome from the Foundation-supported hackathon.
I provided minor corrections, but abstained from using Phabricator to provide them.
@dvl also, obliquely, <https://reviews.freebsd.org/D56381>, although I can't tell whether the current draft carries a risk of unwanted removals – when, for example, a desktop environment package is preinstalled (before first boot) but not online.
FreeBSD 15 Easy Install Guide
I suspect today or tomorrow might be #FreeBSD Security Advisory day.
I'm currently cherry-picking the fixes into our quarterly branches.
I still need to migrate our installer/update builds to #Radicle.
I also need to determine why our installer builds aren't producing bootable media. We're still being hit by the #pkgbase slop from upstream.
RE: https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin/116281872164093377
@_bapt_ @emaste maybe the pkg-unregister(8) manual page can gain an example:
pkg unregister -f FreeBSD-\*
The example was given by Emmanuel Vadot in December 2025 at the foot of <https://mail-archive.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20251202162711.16aec122152219f614c30beb>.
<https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pkg-unregister&sektion=8&manpath=freebsd-ports#EXAMPLES> (the EXAMPLES page anchor does not yet exist).
<https://github.com/freebsd/pkg/blob/e88f7ab64889548e841ccd0bb2972ea6efec1152/docs/pkg-unregister.8#L139-L142> between the FILES and SEE ALSO sections of the page.
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