pkg upgrade (was: freebsd-update and pkgbase)
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Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2025 22:09:32 UTC
Baptiste's presentation a decade ago, before my time, included the end user perspective for upgrading the system: pkg upgrade Subject lines of the January 2016 update, and the March call for testing included: pkg(8) – and the install command was for installation. I imagined nothing other than the upgrade command for upgrading. Approaches that are coherent are highly valued. pkgbase, as originally intended, can be embraced. Packages, tools, and conventions; with 'pkg upgrade' naturally amongst the conventions. <https://www.bsdcan.org/2015/schedule/attachments/321_packaging-base.pdf#page=26> <https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-pkgbase/2016-January/000000.html>, first sentence: > … package and upgrade the FreeBSD base system using pkg(8). <https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-pkgbase/2016-March/000032.html>