Re: AW: pkgbase + migrate to FreeBSD15/amd64

In reply to: Manfred Koch : "Re: AW: pkgbase + migrate to FreeBSD15/amd64"
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From: Graham Perrin <grahamperrin_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2025 18:20:24 UTC

On 10/10/2025 18:59, Manfred Koch wrote:
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> pkg-static: sqlite error executing Begin Transaction in file 
> pkgdb.c:1206 cannot start a transaction within transaction
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That's in the preamble at 
<https://gist.github.com/grahamperrin/a58edbb8587af513a154ac01d922f611#preamble>. 

In the comments in Reddit: "I spent around twenty-four hours attempting 
to upgrade a single test machine. For me, 
https://github.com/freebsd/pkg/issues/2522 is a bit of a nightmare." 
<https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin/115340325050785172> notes that 
the actual time spent was considerably longer.

The issue was diagnosed yesterday, thanks to bapt@