Re: Custom Kernel PKGBASE Package

From: Alexander Ziaee <ziaee_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:10:20 UTC
On 2026-03-14 14:48 -04:00 EDT, "vermaden" <vermaden@interia.pl> wrote:
> 
>> vermaden wrote in :
>> > > you almost certainly want to be using make update-packages here
>> > > (see build(7)) to avoid changing the version number of packages
>> > > whose contents haven't changed.
>> > 
>> > Even for the first time I should run 'make update-packages'
>> > instead 'make packages'?
>>  
>> if there's no existing repository it makes no difference, so it's
>> simplest to always use update-packages and never use make packages.
> 
> Yep - that simplifies things ... and automation/scripting :)

I have a draft up to put this in the manual:

https://reviews.freebsd.org/D56217

Best,
Alex