[Bug 293516] freebsd-update without pkg(8) is largely unusable in FreeBSD 14.4-RELEASE

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Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2026 06:29:45 UTC

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

--- Comment #13 from Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com> ---
Re: comment 12

Probably the opposite. 

As far as I can tell: pkgbase systems are never bugged, because pkg(8) is
bootstrapped.

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Comment 11 may be the best indicator, I was probably too terse. 

More explicit steps to reproduce, with the fetch command:

1. install, and have an Internet connection
2. make final changes when exiting FreeBSD Installer
3. freebsd-update fetch

Alternatively: 

1. install
2. restart the OS ("Reboot") after exiting FreeBSD Installer
3. login as root
4. have an Internet connection
5. freebsd-update fetch

Either way, nothing happens. 

With the showconfig command, which shows nothing, an Internet connection is not
required :-)

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