Re: CFT: pkgbase support in 15.0

On Sat, May 3, 2025 at 7:07 AM Joseph Mingrone <jrm@freebsd.org> wrote:
...
> We encourage everyone to test pkgbase on spare or test hardware, using
> either the installer from one of the latest 15.0 snapshot images [2] or
> pkgbasify.  Please note that while most of the preliminary feedback has
> been positive, this work is still experimental; you should only test on
> systems you can afford to lose and reinstall.
>
> Some outstanding work is planned:
>      - FreeBSD handbook documentation
>      - Offline installation support (install media packages)
>      - Working bootonly.iso
>      - Pkgbase-based local and cloud VM images.

One aspect of running pkg-base I've found tricky is figuring out which
package provides a missing binary, library, or man page. The port
pkg-provides answers this type of question for ports, but (seemingly)
not for pkg-base (unless I'm being dumb?). Are there plans to add this
type of support? Alternatively, if I'm being dumb, can someone point
me at some docs? TIA

--chuck