Re: [HEADS UP] stable/15: new base packages for PAM, zstd

From: Lexi Winter <ivy_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:04:52 UTC
Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote in <86qzo44let.fsf@ltc.des.dev>:
> Lexi Winter <ivy@freebsd.org> writes:
> > this would only happen if master.passwd was not marked as @config
> > in 14, but i'm fairly sure it was.  a couple of files were missing
> > @config, but that wasn't one of them.
> 
> Anton did not have a pkgbase system and never ran `pkgbasify`.  He
> upgraded from 14.4 to 15.0 using `freebsd-update` then ran `pkg install
> FreeBSD-set-minimal` after reading your email about the new pam and zstd
> packages.

yes, i know; i was responding to Mark's question about whether upgrading
FreeBSD-runtime from 14 to 15 would overwrite master.passwd.

in OP's case, the only way "pkg install FreeBSD-set-minimal" would work
is if they had somehow enabled the FreeBSD-base repository, which is
disabled by default.