Re: Building VM-IMAGE(s) from Source

From: David Chisnall <theraven_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:06:03 UTC
On 16 Apr 2026, at 11:34, Kurt Jaeger <pi@freebsd.org> wrote:
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>> For every other use case, `poudriere image` is a far more flexible tool (does custom builds, can do base-system overlays, install packages, build packages from ports-tree overlays, and so on), so why would you write a tool that does a small subset of what it does?
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> The man page poudriere-image(8) (of 3.4.7) says:
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>     WARNING: This feature is still considered ALPHA.

It’s said that for many years, yet has worked well for most of that time.  Probably time to fix the man page...

David