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

Temat: Re: [HEADS UP] stable/15: new base packages for PAM, zstd
Data: 2026-04-24 19:06
Nadawca: "Charles Sprickman" <spork@bway.net>
Adresat: "Anton Shterenlikht" <lists@cmplx.uk>; 
DW: "Mark Millard" <marklmi@yahoo.com>;
stable@freebsd.org; pkgbase@freebsd.org; 

> Where is the definitive documentation for pkgbase,
> conversion to same, and I guess really a general overview
> of what it is and "why"?
> 
> I generally have found the wiki to be out-of-date or just
> generally "unofficial" and the place one would go looking
> for information on something new before it's been released,
> things that are of interest to developers but not necessarily
> users... but with pkgbase in 15.x now, I kind of assumed
> we'd have a handbook chapter, or at least entries for
> converting and updating in the "EXAMPLES" section of the
> pkg man page. This is kind of reminds me of BE's and how
> they just sort of became automatic with "freebsd-update"
> on ZFS systems and, while it's an excellent feature, I never
> found a good "how and why" doc on that either.
> 
> On documentation in general, I am perhaps a weirdo about
> this, but many times I can't quite wrap my head around
> something until I have the "why" of it - then things generally
> fall into place really quickly for me...
> 
> Charles

About PKGBASE here You can find some 'external' documentation:

- https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/brave-new-pkgbase-world/
- https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/07/20/freebsd-pkgbase-pkgbasify-tool/
- https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2023/12/09/personal-freebsd-pkgbase-update-server/

About that ZFS Boot Environments ... here is some additional
'external' documentation from mine as well - hope that helps.

- https://is.gd/BECTL
- https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/11/25/zfs-boot-environments-explained/
- https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2022/03/14/zfs-boot-environments-revolutions/
- https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2021/02/23/upgrade-freebsd-with-zfs-boot-environments/
- https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2021/10/19/other-freebsd-version-in-zfs-boot-environment/




Regards,
vermaden