Re: August 2026 stabilization week

From: void <void_at_f-m.fm>
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2026 15:27:57 UTC
Hi,

Rebuilt everything, amd64. /usr/bin/ulimit is missing.
Starting sshd returns:

limits: serlimit vms: Invalid arguement
(vms here is a zpool)

Can't start most services. Can't run a bridge or pf.
If I try that, it breaks to debugger before going multiuser.

Have managed to get an interface working though (so I could, I guess, update /usr/src
with git to latest) and have console access.

On Mon, Aug 24, 2026 at 01:00:25AM -0700, Gleb Smirnoff wrote:
>  Hi FreeBSD/main users & developers:
>
>This is an automated email to inform you that the August 2026 stabilization week
>started with FreeBSD/main at main-n288532-74019bc3ea91, which was tagged as
>main-stabweek-2026-Aug.
>
>Those who want to participate in the stabilization week are encouraged to
>update to the above revision/tag and test their systems.
>
>The tag main-stabweek-2026-Aug has been published at Gleb Smirnoff's github repo.
>To connect this repo as an additional remote you need to run:
>
>  git remote add glebius https://github.com/glebius/FreeBSD
>
>Once remote is configured, to checkout the tag run:
>
>  git fetch glebius --tags
>  git checkout main-stabweek-2026-Aug
>
>If you want to use only the official FreeBSD repo, then update to
>the revision:
>
>  git pull
>  git checkout 74019bc3ea91
>
>Developers are encouraged to avoid pushing new features to FreeBSD/main during
>the stabilization week, but focus on bugfixes instead.  The stabilization week
>runs up to Friday 18:00 UTC, but if there is consensus that any regressions
>discovered by participants have been fixed, it will end early.
>
>Once that happens, the advisory freeze of FreeBSD/main branch is thawed.
>
>--
>Gleb Smirnoff
>

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