Re: manual action required updating from 15.0-ALPHA to 15-STABLE with pkgbase

" unfortunately, pkg considers "15.0.a4" to be newer than "15.snap [...]"

Well, that seems in line with pkg-version(8):

[1-0] # pkg version -t 15.0.a4 15.snap
>

Also mentioned in
https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/porters-handbook/book/#makefile-versions

Eric

> From: "Lexi Winter" <ivy@freebsd.org>
> To: pkgbase@freebsd.org
> Sent: Sunday, 12 October, 2025 18:55:36
> Subject: manual action required updating from 15.0-ALPHA to 15-STABLE with pkgbase
>
> hello,
>
> during the 15.0-ALPHA period, the packages were published with a version
> similar to "15.0.a4.YYYYMMDD".  now that stable/15 has become 15-STABLE,
> the packages are published with a version similar to "15.snapYYYYMMDD".
>
> unfortunately, pkg considers "15.0.a4" to be newer than "15.snap", so
> you will not see any package updates for those packages, even though
> they are available.
>
> to work around this, run "pkg upgrade -f -r FreeBSD-base", which will
> forcibly reinstall all packages with the version from the repository.
> this should only need to be done once, since there are no "a4" packages
> left in the repository.
>
> this only affects people who use the base_latest repository and want to
> track 15-STABLE.  if you want to track releng/15.0 instead, switch from
> the base_latest repository to the base_release_0 repository.  in that
> case, no manual action sould be required.