[Bug 292810] [15.0-RELEASE-p1] pkg upgrade stays in loop

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Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2026 19:01:59 UTC
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=292810

            Bug ID: 292810
           Summary: [15.0-RELEASE-p1] pkg upgrade stays in loop
           Product: Ports & Packages
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Only Me
          Priority: ---
         Component: Individual Port(s)
          Assignee: ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: kiboto6933@eyeremind.com

the update stays in a loop:


root@freebsd:~ # pkg upgrade
Updating FreeBSD-ports repository catalogue...
FreeBSD-ports repository is up to date.
Updating FreeBSD-ports-kmods repository catalogue...
FreeBSD-ports-kmods repository is up to date.
Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
FreeBSD repository is up to date.
All repositories are up to date.
New version of pkg detected; it needs to be installed first.
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
Your packages are up to date.
Updating FreeBSD-ports repository catalogue...
FreeBSD-ports repository is up to date.
Updating FreeBSD-ports-kmods repository catalogue...
FreeBSD-ports-kmods repository is up to date.
Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
FreeBSD repository is up to date.
All repositories are up to date.
New version of pkg detected; it needs to be installed first.
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
Your packages are up to date.
Updating FreeBSD-ports repository catalogue...
FreeBSD-ports repository is up to date.
Updating FreeBSD-ports-kmods repository catalogue...
FreeBSD-ports-kmods repository is up to date.
Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
FreeBSD repository is up to date.
All repositories are up to date.
New version of pkg detected; it needs to be installed first.
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
Your packages are up to date.
Updating FreeBSD-ports repository catalogue...
FreeBSD-ports repository is up to date.
Updating FreeBSD-ports-kmods repository catalogue...
FreeBSD-ports-kmods repository is up to date.
Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
FreeBSD repository is up to date.
All repositories are up to date.
New version of pkg detected; it needs to be installed first.
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
Your packages are up to date.
Updating FreeBSD-ports repository catalogue...
FreeBSD-ports repository is up to date.
Updating FreeBSD-ports-kmods repository catalogue...
FreeBSD-ports-kmods repository is up to date.
Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
FreeBSD repository is up to date.
All repositories are up to date.
New version of pkg detected; it needs to be installed first.
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
Your packages are up to date.
Updating FreeBSD-ports repository catalogue...
FreeBSD-ports repository is up to date.
Updating FreeBSD-ports-kmods repository catalogue...
FreeBSD-ports-kmods repository is up to date.
Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
FreeBSD repository is up to date.
All repositories are up to date.
New version of pkg detected; it needs to be installed first.
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
Your packages are up to date.
Updating FreeBSD-ports repository catalogue...
^C
root@freebsd:~ # freebsd-version 
15.0-RELEASE-p1


Fixed this way:

root@freebsd:~ # freebsd-version 
15.0-RELEASE-p1
root@freebsd:~ # pkg -v
2.4.2
root@freebsd:~ # pkg rquery '%v' pkg
2.5.1
2.5.1
root@freebsd:~ # pkg bootstrap -f
The package management tool is not yet installed on your system.
Do you want to fetch and install it now? [y/N]: y
Bootstrapping pkg from pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/quarterly,
please wait...
Verifying signature with trusted certificate pkg.freebsd.org.2013102301... done
Installing pkg-2.5.1...
package pkg is already installed, forced install
Extracting pkg-2.5.1: 100%
root@freebsd:~ # pkg upgrade
Updating FreeBSD-ports repository catalogue...
FreeBSD-ports repository is up to date.
Updating FreeBSD-ports-kmods repository catalogue...
FreeBSD-ports-kmods repository is up to date.
Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
FreeBSD repository is up to date.
All repositories are up to date.
Updating database digests format: 100%
Checking for upgrades (166 candidates): 100%
Processing candidates (166 candidates): 100%
The following 195 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):
[...]


Follow-up:
https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/15-0-release-p1-pkg-upgrade-stays-in-loop.101337

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