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

From: Colin Percival <cperciva@tarsnap.com>
Subject: Re: git: 9835413fb078 - releng/15.0 - bsdinstall: Enable FreeBSD-base repo when pkgbase
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2025 05:41:54 +0000

> 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".

Though it doesn't cause problem with pkgbase systems of 15-STABLE and
16-CURRENT, it should also be notfied to users of them.

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Yasuhiro Kimura