Re: pkg upgrade -r FreeBSD-base minor version

From: vermaden <vermaden_at_interia.pl>
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2026 12:17:44 UTC
Hi,

can You try to update the repos with 'force' option like that:

# pkg update -f

... and then try again this one:

# pkg upgrade -r FreeBSD-base

Regards,

vermaden




On 4/22/26 11:25 AM, Anton Shterenlikht wrote:
> I'm new to pkgbase.
>
> I'm on 15.0-RELEASE-p4.
> Seems the latests 15.0 minor version is 6
> (at least that's what I see in security advisories),
> but how do I upgrade to it?
>
> My FreeBSD.conf is:
>
> # cat /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf
> #
> # To disable a repository, instead of modifying or removing this file,
> # create a /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf file, e.g.:
> #
> #   mkdir -p /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos
> #   echo "FreeBSD-ports: { enabled: no }" > /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf
> #   echo "FreeBSD-ports-kmods: { enabled: no }" >> /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf
> #
> # Note that the FreeBSD-base repository is disabled by default.
> #
>
> FreeBSD-ports: {
>    url: "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/quarterly",
>    mirror_type: "srv",
>    signature_type: "fingerprints",
>    fingerprints: "/usr/share/keys/pkg",
>    enabled: yes
> }
> FreeBSD-ports-kmods: {
>    url: "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/kmods_quarterly_${VERSION_MINOR}",
>    mirror_type: "srv",
>    signature_type: "fingerprints",
>    fingerprints: "/usr/share/keys/pkg",
>    enabled: yes
> }
> FreeBSD-base: {
>    url: "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/base_release_${VERSION_MINOR}",
>    mirror_type: "srv",
>    signature_type: "fingerprints",
>    fingerprints: "/usr/share/keys/pkgbase-${VERSION_MAJOR}",
>    enabled: yes
> }
>
> I try to upgrade base like this:
>
> # pkg upgrade -r FreeBSD-base
> Updating FreeBSD-base repository catalogue...
> FreeBSD-base repository is up to date.
> FreeBSD-base is up to date.
> Checking for upgrades (1 candidates): 100%
> Processing candidates (1 candidates): 100%
> Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
> Your packages are up to date.
>
> But after that I'm still on p4, not p6.
>
> Is my FreeBSD.conf out of date?
>
> Thank you
>
> Anton
>
>