Re: How to create a PkgBase based chroot directory tree (for example)

[Mostly fixing a dumb path mistake.]

On Nov 21, 2024, at 12:18, Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Some context:
> 
> I used url: "pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/base_weekly"
> as it was somewhat older then the kernel that the system
> was running. (Newer worlds on older kernels can be a problem.)
> 
> What I grabbed also grabbed the kernels, for example. That
> might not be desired.
> 
> For reference on the system in use, before this activity
> I had in place:
> 
> # more /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/base.conf 
> base: {
>    url: "pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/base_weekly",
>    mirror_type: "srv",
>    signature_type: "fingerprints",
>    fingerprints: "/usr/share/keys/pkg",
>    enabled: yes
> }
> 
> What did I do starting from that? . . .
> 
> I created an empty: /usr/obj/DESTDIRs/main-amd64-pbase/
> 
> I the copied over just the tree: /usr/obj/DESTDIRs/main-amd64-pbase/usr/share/keys/pkg

I should have listed making a copy of: /usr/share/keys/pkg

> into the that newly created area.

Also, clearer would have been explicit commands:

# mkdir -p /usr/obj/DESTDIRs/main-amd64-pbase/usr/share/keys/
# cp -ax /usr/share/keys/pkg /usr/obj/DESTDIRs/main-amd64-pbase/usr/share/keys/

> This produced:
> 
> /usr/obj/DESTDIRs/main-amd64-pbase/usr/
> /usr/obj/DESTDIRs/main-amd64-pbase/usr/share
> /usr/obj/DESTDIRs/main-amd64-pbase/usr/share/keys
> /usr/obj/DESTDIRs/main-amd64-pbase/usr/share/keys/pkg
> /usr/obj/DESTDIRs/main-amd64-pbase/usr/share/keys/pkg/revoked
> /usr/obj/DESTDIRs/main-amd64-pbase/usr/share/keys/pkg/trusted
> /usr/obj/DESTDIRs/main-amd64-pbase/usr/share/keys/pkg/trusted/pkg.freebsd.org.2013102301
> 
> With just that much of a directory tree present, I
> was then able to do the following. (I did the fetch
> stage separately from the update stage.)
> 
> # pkg-static -r /usr/obj/DESTDIRs/main-amd64-pbase/ install -F -rbase -g 'FreeBSD-*'
> # pkg-static -r /usr/obj/DESTDIRs/main-amd64-pbase/ install -U -rbase -g 'FreeBSD-*'
> # chroot /usr/obj/DESTDIRs/main-amd64-pbase/
> # freebsd-version -kru
> 15.0-CURRENT
> 15.0-CURRENT
> 15.0-CURRENT
> # exit
> # 
> 
> After later setting some more up in the chroot :
> 
> # ~/pkgbase-snapshot-list.sh 
> Via pkg-static info -C -x '^FreeBSD-' . . .
>   1 FreeBSD-*-15.snap20241117111205
>   8 FreeBSD-*-15.snap20241116201407
>   2 FreeBSD-*-15.snap20241116191014
>   1 FreeBSD-*-15.snap20241116040924
>  16 FreeBSD-*-15.snap20241115155402
> 328 FreeBSD-*-15.snap20241115030705
>  66 FreeBSD-*-15.snap20241114232424
>   4 FreeBSD-*-15.snap20241114162618
>   1 FreeBSD-*-15.snap20241113231628
>   1 FreeBSD-*-15.snap20241113125231
>   1 FreeBSD-*-15.snap20241113091125
>   1 FreeBSD-*-15.snap20241112035500
>   1 FreeBSD-*-15.snap20241108205938
>   1 FreeBSD-*-15.snap20241108132953
>   1 FreeBSD-*-15.snap20241107061333
>   1 FreeBSD-*-15.snap20241107020356
>   5 FreeBSD-*-15.snap20241104155004
>   1 FreeBSD-*-15.snap20241103222744
>   1 FreeBSD-*-15.snap20241029132733
>   1 FreeBSD-*-15.snap20241028160252
>  97 FreeBSD-*-15.snap20241026125659
> Instead via /var/cache/pkg/*.snap*.pkg . . .
>   1 FreeBSD-*-15.snap20241117111205
>   8 FreeBSD-*-15.snap20241116201407
>   2 FreeBSD-*-15.snap20241116191014
>   1 FreeBSD-*-15.snap20241116040924
>  16 FreeBSD-*-15.snap20241115155402
> 328 FreeBSD-*-15.snap20241115030705
>  66 FreeBSD-*-15.snap20241114232424
>   4 FreeBSD-*-15.snap20241114162618
>   1 FreeBSD-*-15.snap20241113231628
>   1 FreeBSD-*-15.snap20241113125231
>   1 FreeBSD-*-15.snap20241113091125
>   1 FreeBSD-*-15.snap20241112035500
>   1 FreeBSD-*-15.snap20241108205938
>   1 FreeBSD-*-15.snap20241108132953
>   1 FreeBSD-*-15.snap20241107061333
>   1 FreeBSD-*-15.snap20241107020356
>   5 FreeBSD-*-15.snap20241104155004
>   1 FreeBSD-*-15.snap20241103222744
>   1 FreeBSD-*-15.snap20241029132733
>   1 FreeBSD-*-15.snap20241028160252
>  97 FreeBSD-*-15.snap20241026125659
> 
> 
> SIDE NOTE
> I learned that base_weekly does not have have
> FreeBSD-dtb , unlike base_latest .
> END SIDE NOTE



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Mark Millard
marklmi at yahoo.com