Re: changing from pkgbase to regularbase

polyduekes@proton.me writes:
> what is the correct way to depkgbasify?

There is no “correct” way.  Here's what I would suggest:

1. Make sure your system is up-to-date and consistent and you have a
   matching source tree installed:

   # pkg upgrade -y
   # pkg install -y FreeBSD-set-src
   # pkg autoremove -y

2. Make a list of non-pkgbase non-automatic packages:

   # pkg query -e '%a == 0 && %o !~ base/*' %n >packages

3. Delete your installed package database:

   # rm /var/db/pkg/local.sqlite

4. Reinstall non-pkgbase packages:

   # pkg install -fy $(cat packages)

   This will of course also reinstall all dependencies, but we are
   deliberately only specifying non-automatic packages so the end result
   is the same as what we started out with.  If we had made a list of
   _all_ installed packages, we would end up with everything now being
   marked non-automatic, and `pkg autoremove` would no longer work
   properly.

5. Populate /var/db/etcupdate so it will work when you later upgrade
   from source:

   # etcupdate extract

6. Optional but recommended — disable the pkgbase repository:

   # rm /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf

   (this file will have been created by the installer and should contain
   a single line that enables the FreeBSD-base repository; without it,
   the repository remains defined in /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf but disabled)

   You can also remove cached information about the repository, which
   you will no longer need:

   # rm -rf /var/db/pkg/repos/FreeBSD-base

At this point you can replace /usr/src with a git clone and upgrade as
usual (`make -C /usr/src -j1.5 world kernel && etcupdate -B`).

There is a shortcut for steps 2-4.  I think it is both sufficient and
safe, but I don't know pkg's internals well enough to say for sure;
perhaps bapt@ can weight in.  First you need to install the sqlite3 cli:

   # pkg install -Ay sqlite3

You can then use it to remove information about base packages from the
package database, leaving the rest intact so you don't have to reinstall
them:

   # sqlite3 /var/db/pkg/local.sqlite \
       "delete from packages where origin like 'base/%';"

If you choose this route you can also drop the autoremove in step 1,
which I only put in to shorten steps 2 and 4.  You still have to perform
step 5 (and optionally 6).

DES
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Dag-Erling Smørgrav - des@FreeBSD.org