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

On Wed, Apr 29, 2026 at 11:35:06AM -0700, Mark Millard wrote:
> On 4/29/26 10:51, Anton Shterenlikht wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 29, 2026 at 09:32:44AM -0700, Mark Millard wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I get this:
> >>>
> >>> # /home/as/pkgbasify.lua 
> >>> Error: The system is already using pkgbase.
> >>> Pass --force to run pkgbasify anyway, for example to fix a partial conversion.
> >>>
> >>> I don't remember invoking pkgbasify before.
> >>>
> >>> should I --force it?
> >>
> >> Note: I have never used the force option.
> >>
> >> A basic question that would direct what you should do . . .
> >>
> >> Which do you want as the basis for your environment:
> >>
> >> ) pkgbase?
> >>
> >> ) What you had before (reverting the partial pkgbase install to no
> >> longer be registered as pkgbase materials)?
> >>
> >> You have the choice of which direction to go.
> > 
> > don't mind really... if pkgbase will be the default soon(?)
> > then probably I'd like to go ahead rather than back.
> 
> The old way is not being removed until FreeBSD 16.0-RELEASE. So pkgbase
> is not required for 15.*-RELEASE at all: both ways will exist.
> 
> 15.0-RELEASE classified pkgbase as a technology preview, as I remember
> how it was presented.
> 
> So which?

pkgbasify --force did it

# freebsd-version -kru
15.0-RELEASE-p7
15.0-RELEASE-p7
15.0-RELEASE-p7

Thank you for all your help and explanations

Anton