Re: Unexpected FreeBSD:16:aarch64/base_release_0/

From: Mark Millard <marklmi_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2026 02:51:17 UTC 
On 1/17/26 18:03, Graham Perrin wrote:
> If    pkg repos -e    shows a url ending with
>     base_latest
> then why does pkg-upgrade(8) appear to use a different url? Containing
>     base_release_0
> 
> The two transcripts attached were attempts to upgrade from 14.3 to 16.0.
> 
> For the second attempt: I edited the fingerprints line, and used pkg 2.5.1.
> 
> 

# pkg -c /tmp/up . . .

vs.

# pkg . . .

are very different for what context in involved.

What does:

# pkg -c /tmp/up repos -e

show?

For reference from "man 8 pkg" :

QUOTE
     -c ⟨chroot path⟩, --chroot ⟨chroot path⟩
             pkg will chroot in the ⟨chroot path⟩ environment.

END QUOTE

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