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

From: Mark Millard <marklmi_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2026 21:26:00 UTC 
On 8/22/26 14:05, Mark Millard wrote:
> 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.
> 
> 

I was somewhat over-focused on 14.*-RELEASE related. To be complete
( :16: , :15: , kmods_latest* , and kmods_quarterly too ):

freebsd:16:x86:64	kmods_latest	2026-08-22 12:00:02Z	8.92	100	present
freebsd:15:x86:64	kmods_latest	2026-08-22 12:00:01Z	8.92	100	present
freebsd:14:x86:64	kmods_latest	2026-08-22 12:00:01Z	8.92	100	present
freebsd:14:x86:64	kmods_latest_4	2026-08-22 12:00:01Z	8.92	100	present
freebsd:14:x86:64	kmods_latest_5	2026-08-22 12:00:01Z	8.92	100	present
freebsd:15:x86:64	kmods_quarterly	2026-08-22 12:00:03Z	8.92	100	present
freebsd:14:x86:64	kmods_quarterly	2026-08-22 12:00:04Z	8.92	100	present
freebsd:14:x86:64	kmods_quarterly_4	2026-08-22 12:00:04Z	8.92	100	present
freebsd:14:x86:64	kmods_quarterly_5	2026-08-22 12:00:04Z	8.92	100	present

All are just :x86:64 .

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Mark Millard
marklmi at yahoo.com