https://wiki.freebsd.org/PkgBase and -r base vs. -rFreeBSD-base on the page; more

I've just done my first Initial setup. I've some notes.

https://wiki.freebsd.org/PkgBase has an odd mix of -r base  vs. -r FreeBSD-base .

Since the notes use:

QUOTE
# mkdir -p /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/
# cat <<EOF >/usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/base.conf

> base: {
END QUOTE

I expect that -r base is the intent. When I cross checked by
trying a -r FreeBSD-base the result was:

# pkg upgrade -r FreeBSD-base
No repositories are enabled.

I set this up via a RPi5 from a prior snapshot (2023-Jan-11's)
based media for main.


I ended up with:

# ls -Tlodt /boot/kernel*/kernel
-r--r--r--  1 root wheel -     18194200 Jan 19 18:22:51 2024 /boot/kernel.GENERIC-NODEBUG/kernel
-r--r--r--  1 root wheel uarch 17731376 Jan 11 06:27:12 2024 /boot/kernel/kernel

so the default kernel driectory was not actually updated.
https://wiki.freebsd.org/PkgBase does not make the intent
for this clear. Two mv's? mv and a cp -aRx ? I did:

# mv /boot/kernel /boot/kernel.old
# cp -aRx /boot/kernel.GENERIC-NODEBUG /boot/kernel

and rebooted yet again to get the new kernel. That got
me to:

# uname -apKU
FreeBSD generic 15.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 15.0-CURRENT main-n267654-dfe30e41967f GENERIC-NODEBUG arm64 aarch64 1500011 1500011

But I'm unsure what is expected for /boot/kernel.GENERIC-NODEBUG .


pkg would not initially bootstrap. I added a:

/usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf

in order for pkg to bootstrap and removed it after the
bootstrap. pkg then continued to work based on
/etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf and /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/base.conf .


Other notes:

The intent is to have a "test official build" media for
main. I prefer to submit problems based on official builds
instead of my personal ones that are not fully standard.
Also, I learn if it is "just my build" for any oddities
that I can not replicate for an official build.

I'll likely do similarly for a stable/14 snapshot media,
also created via the RPi5.

Now that armv7 base_latest has shown up, I may do similarly
for that type of context as well.


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Mark Millard
marklmi at yahoo.com