[Bug 293516] freebsd-update: fetch and install commands not working following major upgrades to 14.4-RC1

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=293516

Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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           Severity|Affects Many People         |Affects Some People

--- Comment #9 from Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com> ---
Maybe the bug bites only when pkg is not bootstrapped. 


Script started on Sun Mar  1 19:17:35 2026
root@bug293516-virtualbox:~ # echo $SHELL

/bin/tcsh
root@bug293516-virtualbox:~ # freebsd-version -kru ; uname -mvKU

14.4-RC1
14.4-RC1
14.4-RC1
FreeBSD 14.4-RC1 releng/14.4-n273674-041aa28386d3 GENERIC amd64 1404000 1404000
root@bug293516-virtualbox:~ # /usr/bin/time -h freebsd-update fetch

load: 0.21  cmd: pkg 1864 [ttyin] 32.41r 0.00u 0.00s 0% 6288k
        32.60s real             0.00s user              0.00s sys
^Ctime: command terminated abnormally
        34.74s real             0.07s user              0.15s sys


root@bug293516-virtualbox:~ # pkg

The package management tool is not yet installed on your system.
Do you want to fetch and install it now? [y/N]: y
Bootstrapping pkg from pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/base_4,
please wait...
pkg: Attempted to fetch
pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/base_4/Latest/pkg.pkg
pkg: Attempted to fetch
pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/base_4/Latest/pkg.txz
pkg: Error: Not Found
A pre-built version of pkg could not be found for your system.
Bootstrapping pkg from pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/quarterly,
please wait...
Verifying signature with trusted certificate pkg.freebsd.org.2013102301... done
Installing pkg-2.5.1...
Extracting pkg-2.5.1:   0%
…
Extracting pkg-2.5.1: 100%
pkg: not enough arguments
Usage: pkg [-v] [-d] [-l] [-N] [-j <jail name or id>|-c <chroot path>|-r
<rootdir>] [-C <configuration file>] [-R <repo config dir>] [-o var=value]
[-4|-6] <command> [<args>]

For more information on available commands and options see 'pkg help'.
root@bug293516-virtualbox:~ # freebsd-update fetch

src component not installed, skipped
Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 3 mirrors found.
Fetching metadata signature for 14.4-RC1 from update1.freebsd.org... done.
Fetching metadata index... done.
Fetching 2 metadata patches.. done.
Applying metadata patches... done.
Fetching 1 metadata files... done.
Inspecting system... done.
Preparing to download files... done.

No updates needed to update system to 14.4-RC1-p0.

WARNING: FreeBSD 14.4-RC1 is approaching its End-of-Life date.
It is strongly recommended that you upgrade to a newer
release within the next 3 weeks.
root@bug293516-virtualbox:~ # exit

exit

Script done on Sun Mar  1 19:19:23 2026

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