Re: git: 19a1025e1c0c - releng/14.5 - Remove minor version from kmods repo

From: Mark Millard <marklmi_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2026 21:05:15 UTC
On 8/18/26 21:40, Mark Millard wrote:
> On 8/13/26 17:04, Colin Percival wrote:
>> The branch releng/14.5 has been updated by cperciva:
>>
>> URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=19a1025e1c0cbd6b1cd57d78826d42eeafbdaed0
>>
>> commit 19a1025e1c0cbd6b1cd57d78826d42eeafbdaed0
>> Author:     Colin Percival <cperciva@FreeBSD.org>
>> AuthorDate: 2026-08-14 00:02:24 +0000
>> Commit:     Colin Percival <cperciva@FreeBSD.org>
>> CommitDate: 2026-08-14 00:02:24 +0000
>>
>>     Remove minor version from kmods repo
>>     
>>     We don't have a kmods_quarterly_5 repo for releng/14.5 so don't point
>>     users at it.
>>     
>>     Direct commit to releng/14.5, hopefully to be reverted once the repo
>>     exists.
>>     
>>     Approved by:    re (cperciva)
>>     Sponsored by:   OpenSats Initiative
>> ---
>>  usr.sbin/pkg/FreeBSD.conf.quarterly-release | 2 +-
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/usr.sbin/pkg/FreeBSD.conf.quarterly-release b/usr.sbin/pkg/FreeBSD.conf.quarterly-release
>> index bd0ee13b9b43..884226fc02d1 100644
>> --- a/usr.sbin/pkg/FreeBSD.conf.quarterly-release
>> +++ b/usr.sbin/pkg/FreeBSD.conf.quarterly-release
>> @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ FreeBSD: {
>>    enabled: yes
>>  }
>>  FreeBSD-kmods: {
>> -  url: "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/kmods_quarterly_${VERSION_MINOR}",
>> +  url: "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/kmods_quarterly",
>>    mirror_type: "srv",
>>    signature_type: "fingerprints",
>>    fingerprints: "/usr/share/keys/pkg",
>>
>>
> 
> I will note that no kmods_* has had a distribution update after
> 2026-05-21 00:00:12Z ( after 2026-05-21 00:00:11Z for freebsd:14:* ).
> (I looked via https://people.freebsd.org/~dbaio/pkg-master-report.html
> .) It does not appear that any stable/* is getting regular kmods_*
> updates as the matching kernels update (or as the matching ports update
> on the matching port branches?). That looks to mean no tracking of the
> 14.4 -> 14.5 or ports updates after those dates.
> 


I see the following got an update:

freebsd:14:x86:64	kmods_quarterly_4	2026-08-22 12:00:04Z	8.92	100	present


And now there is:

freebsd:14:x86:64	kmods_quarterly_5	2026-08-22 12:00:04Z	8.92	100	present


No other freebsd:14:* show updates/changes/additions as of when I looked.


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Mark Millard
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