pkg install -r FreeBSD-base -g 'FreeBSD-*' (was: FreeBSD15.0 stable pkgbase)

In reply to: Manfred Koch : "Re: FreeBSD15.0 stable pkgbase"
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From: Graham Perrin <grahamperrin_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2025 10:11:56 UTC

On 25/10/2025 22:35, Manfred Koch wrote:

> … When I set up the FreeBSD15.0 …

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> pkg install -r FreeBSD-base -g 'FreeBSD-*' 

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The relatively blunt --glob 'FreeBSD-*' approach above (and in parts of 
the wiki) may be redundant, for installations, since meta packages 
became available a few weeks ago.

freebsd-base(7) currently also known as freebsd-pkgbase(7) for 
16.0-CURRENT:

<https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=freebsd-base&manpath=freebsd-current>