Re: ${SRC}/release/release.sh fails at create-kernel-packages-flavor-dbg

From: Lexi Winter <ivy_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 2026 10:56:05 UTC
Alastair Hogge wrote in <91649e13d11d09a775b5668fd4098f26@riseup.net>:
> /usr/src/release/packages/generate-ucl.lua: fail to
> parse(/usr/src/release/packages/template.ucl): error while parsing
> /usr/src/release/packages/template.ucl: line: 33, column: 0 - 'key must
> begin with a letter',
> character: '.'
> *** [create-kernel-packages-flavor-dbg] Error code 1

see this thread (with patch):
https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-current/2026-April/010083.html

alternatively, you can revert the libucl upgrade, but reverting a merge
commit in Git appears to be rather complicated.

i don't have a proper fix for this yet.