Re: Uh, what happened here? ("spine" disappeared from packages?!)

From: Karl Denninger <karl_at_denninger.net>
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2026 17:26:12 UTC
On 1/10/2026 12:21, Karl Denninger wrote:
> Jan 10 09:26:23 NewFS pkg[66930]: cpu-microcode-intel upgraded: 
> 20251111 -> 2025
> 1111_1
> Jan 10 09:26:23 NewFS pkg[66930]: hwdata upgraded: 0.402,1 -> 0.403,1
> Jan 10 09:26:23 NewFS pkg[66930]: libarchive upgraded: 3.8.4,1 -> 3.8.5,1
> Jan 10 09:26:23 NewFS pkg[66930]: libthai upgraded: 0.1.29_2 -> 0.1.30
> Jan 10 09:26:24 NewFS pkg[66930]: openldap26-client upgraded: 2.6.10 
> -> 2.6.10_1
>
> M
> Jan 10 09:26:24 NewFS pkg[66930]: spine-1.2.30 deinstalled
> Jan 10 09:26:24 NewFS pkg[66930]: net-snmp upgraded: 5.9.4_6,1 -> 
> 5.9.5.2,1
> Jan 10 09:26:24 NewFS pkg[66930]: php83-snmp reinstalled: 8.3.29 -> 
> 8.3.29
> Jan 10 09:26:24 NewFS pkg[66930]: syncthing upgraded: 2.0.12_2 -> 2.0.13
>
> Spine is required for cacti, and it is not listed in the package 
> database anymore!  Attempting to reinstall it fails as not there.
>
> [root@NewFS ~]# pkg install spine
> Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
> FreeBSD repository is up to date.
> Updating FreeBSD-kmods repository catalogue...
> FreeBSD-kmods repository is up to date.
> All repositories are up to date.
> Updating database digests format: 100%
> pkg: No packages available to install matching 'spine' have been found 
> in the repositories
>
> Under /usr/ports net-mgmt/cacti-spine is listed however, attempting to 
> pkg install cacti-spine says that is not there either.
>
> This instantly broke my cacti installation and I'm loathe to build 
> spine from the ports tree (although I could) because then I wind up 
> with a "mixed bag" between packages and ports.
>
BTW to add to this:

[root@NewFS ~]# pkg search -g \*spine\*
[root@NewFS ~]# pkg search -g \*cacti\*
cacti-php82-1.2.30             Web-driven graphing interface for RRDTool
cacti-php83-1.2.30             Web-driven graphing interface for RRDTool
cacti-php84-1.2.30             Web-driven graphing interface for RRDTool
cacti-php85-1.2.30             Web-driven graphing interface for RRDTool

Yeah, its gone.  NOT GOOD.

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