Re: 15.0-ALPHA3 update did not update any FreeBSD-set-*.pkg files in https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/base_latest/ ?
Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2025 06:30:20 UTC
Preamble: ALPHA3 is not yet announced, and the schedule at <https://www.freebsd.org/releases/15.0R/> does not yet show that builds have begun. I might describe things as fast-moving and pleasantly overlapping. On 21/09/2025 03:37, Mark Millard wrote: > Should any of the FreeBSD-set-*.pkg files have updated for 15.0-ALPHA3 ? > Is the below as expected? > > > Looking at https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/base_latest/ shows > 9 files updated to have FreeBSD-*-15.0.a3.*.pkg names. The rest still > have FreeBSD-*-15.0.a2.*.pkg names. ... Thanks. The result of an actual (possibly premature) upgrade: <https://github.com/user-attachments/files/22450088/2025-09-21.06-21.typescript.txt> tl;dr the end result, following a restart, was 15.0-ALPHA3 for the running kernel and for userland. In a little more detail: ... root@pkg-issue-2414:~ # pkg prime-origins | grep base | wc -l pkg: Warning: Major OS version upgrade detected. Running "pkg bootstrap -f" recommended 260 root@pkg-issue-2414:~ # ... Number of packages to be removed: 94 Number of packages to be installed: 33 Number of packages to be upgraded: 101 The process will require 62 MiB more space. [1/239] Deinstalling FreeBSD-acct-man-15.0.a2.20250912171634... ... Number of packages to be installed: 9 Number of packages to be upgraded: 5 The process will require 7 MiB more space. [1/17] Deinstalling FreeBSD-tests-15.0.a2.20250917193914... ... ---- pkg upgrade -Uy --repository FreeBSD-base was followed by a lock of the pkg package in response to issue 2522 then pkg upgrade -Uy -r FreeBSD-base