Re: git: 9835413fb078 - releng/15.0 - bsdinstall: Enable FreeBSD-base repo when pkgbase

On 11/15/25 20:31, Yasuhiro Kimura wrote:
> When it is fresh install of 15.0-RC1 pkgbase system, information of
> FreeBSD-base repository is put as below
> [...]
> And it works as is expected.
> 
> When it is upgrade from 15.0-BETA5 or before, on the other hand, the
> information is put as below after `pkg upgrade` has finished.
> [...]
> [/usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD-base.conf]
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> FreeBSD-base: {
>    url: "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/base_release_0",
>    mirror_type: "srv",
>    signature_type: "fingerprints",
>    fingerprints: "/usr/share/keys/pkg",
>    enabled: yes
> }
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Since settings in /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD-base.conf overwrite
> ones in /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf, "pkg.FreeBSD.org" is still used as url
> of FreeBSD-base repository.

Yes, we'll have to document this clearly.  The problem here is that since
/usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD-base.conf is created by the installer,
pkgbase doesn't know anything about it.

I'm thinking something along these lines:
 > If you are upgrading a system which was installed using pkgbase prior to
 > FreeBSD 15.0-RC1, after upgrading you should remove all of the fields in
 > the "FreeBSD-base" definition in /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD-base.conf
 > except for the line "enabled: yes".

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