Re: FreeBSD kernel version 0

From: Reshad Patuck <reshadpatuck1_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2024 11:21:45 UTC
Please use this link https://paste.ee/p/9KcnQ for the files.

On Fri, 26 Apr 2024 at 16:49, Reshad Patuck <reshadpatuck1@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have been trying to compile FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE-p5 on a FreeBSD
> 14.0-RELEASE VM today and it seems like the FreeBSD_version annotation in
> the +MANIFEST file is set to the value "0".
> This caused my system to throw the error "pkg-static: Invalid FreeBSD
> version 0 for package FreeBSD-kernel-generic" when I tried to install the
> pkgs on another FreeBSD 14.0 system.
>
> I had compiled the same version (using the same commit hash) on the 12th
> of March and it worked fine.
>
> I have attached the following files at https://paste.ee/d/9KcnQ:
> - pkg-base-build-script.sh - The list of commands I used to build a new
> pkg base instance
> - +MANIFEST-working - the +MANIFEST file from the working pkg of FreeBSD
> 14.0-RELEASE-p5 built on 2024-03-12
> - +MANIFEST-broken - the +MANIFEST file from the broken pkg of FreeBSD
> 14.0-RELEASE-p5 built on 2024-04-18
>
> I use a stock FreeBSD 14.0 image in AWS to spin up a new VM each time I
> run this compilation and have used the same image since February.
> The only thing that runs before I run the compilation is a pkg
> installation of some tools like git, curl, htop, screen and vim.
>
> Looking at my archives, it seems that the version of pkg had changed from
> '1.20_9' to '1.21.2'. Could there be something here?
> Any help understanding why this difference exists will be much appreciated.
>
> Best Regards,
> Reshad
>