Re: changing from pkgbase to regularbase

Tomoaki AOKI wrote in <20251122215646.7e4f34e1955bca5dbf3261a0@dec.sakura.ne.jp>:
> On Sat, 22 Nov 2025 11:39:56 +0000
> Lexi Winter <ivy@freebsd.org> wrote:
> > Tomoaki AOKI wrote in <20251122180931.52c1141475f5faec4fad633c@dec.sakura.ne.jp>:
> > > I don't think disallowing de-pkgbasifying is a good idea.
> > 
> > we don't disallow depkgbasifying and there is no intention to do that.
> > 
> Currently, IIUC, there's no pkgbasify and de-pkgbasify program
> in-tree.

correct.  there is no depkgbasify tool at all, as far as i know, since
pkg is missing functionality which is required to do that.

> So preparing way to de-pkgbasify on nearly final step of the installer
> (just before "after-installation configurations" like adding user) would
> be helpful.

this is planned for 16.0, since we will no longer ship distribution sets
and therefore need another solution to do non-pkgbase installs.

however i expect the UI to remain the same as it is now: you select
whether you want pkgbase or not, and if you choose not, bsdinstall
will silently do a pkgbase install then depkgbasify it.  there's no
need to potentially confuse users by exposing what's happening
behind the scenes.