pkg-repositories(8) and the --rootdir option of pkg(8)

From: Graham Perrin <grahamperrin_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:46:33 UTC 
pkg version 2.6.2.

Below, I half-expected the second use of pkg to show
base_latest (not base_release_0) in the url.

What am I missing?

Thanks


root@clean:~ # bectl list -c creation
BE        Active Mountpoint Space Created
default   NR     /          11.7G 2025-10-07 04:15
stable-15 -      /tmp/up    483M  2026-03-15 23:31
root@clean:~ # pkg repos FreeBSD-base
FreeBSD-base: {
     url             : 
"pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/base_release_0",
     enabled         : yes,
     priority        : 0,
     mirror_type     : "SRV",
     signature_type  : "FINGERPRINTS",
     fingerprints    : "/usr/share/keys/pkgbase-15"
   }
root@clean:~ # pkg -r /tmp/up repos FreeBSD-base
FreeBSD-base: {
     url             : 
"pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/base_release_0",
     enabled         : yes,
     priority        : 0,
     mirror_type     : "SRV",
     signature_type  : "FINGERPRINTS",
     fingerprints    : "/usr/share/keys/pkgbase-15"
   }
root@clean:~ # grep -A 2 FreeBSD-base 
/tmp/up/usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf
FreeBSD-base {
     enabled = yes;
     url = "pkg+https://pkg.freebsd.org/${ABI}/base_latest";
root@clean:~ #