Re: FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE: Trouble after upgrade

On Tue, Dec 2, 2025 at 6:48 PM Matthias Fechner <idefix@fechner.net> wrote:

> Am 02.12.2025 um 14:21 schrieb Odhiambo Washington:
>
> I have upgraded my FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE to 15.0-RELEASE using freebsd
> update.
>
> have you followed these steps?
>
> freebsd-update upgrade -r 15.0-RELEASE
> freebsd-update install
> # nextboot -k GENERIC
> reboot
> freebsd-update install
> # check that config files in etc are correct!
> reboot
> # Make sure you point pkg repo definition to correct FreeBSD version
> pkg update -f
> pkg-static install -f pkg
> pkg-static upgrade -F -y
> pkg upgrade -f -y
> freebsd-update install
> reboot
>
>  This worked perfectly fine for me.
>
> Matthias
>
I tossed my VM and restored from backup, then went through the upgrade
process again. Finally, I hit the error that led me into a wild goose chase:

root@gw:/home/wash # shutdown -r now
Shutdown NOW!
shutdown: [pid 70896]
root@gw:/home/wash #
*** FINAL System shutdown message from wash@gw.wash.lan ***

System going down IMMEDIATELY



System shutdown time has arrived
login as: wash
Keyboard-interactive authentication prompts from server:
| Password for wash@gw.wash.lan:
End of keyboard-interactive prompts from server
wash@gw:~$ doas su
root@gw:/home/wash # freebsd-update install
pkg: Warning: Major OS version upgrade detected.  Running "pkg bootstrap
-f" recommended
Installing updates... done.
root@gw:/home/wash # 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/kmods_quarterly_0, please wait...
pkg: Error fetching
https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/kmods_quarterly_0/Latest/pkg.pkg:
Not Found
A pre-built version of pkg could not be found for your system.
root@gw:/home/wash #
root@gw:/home/wash #
root@gw:/home/wash #
root@gw:/home/wash #
root@gw:/home/wash # portupgrade -af
pkg-static: Warning: Major OS version upgrade detected.  Running "pkg
bootstrap -f" recommended
pkg-static: Warning: Major OS version upgrade detected.  Running "pkg
bootstrap -f" recommended
pkg-static: Warning: Major OS version upgrade detected.  Running "pkg
bootstrap -f" recommended
pkg-static: Warning: Major OS version upgrade detected.  Running "pkg
bootstrap -f" recommended
[Rebuilding the pkgdb <format:bdb_btree> in /var/db/pkg ... - 0 packages
found (-0 +0)  nothing to do]
root@gw:/home/wash # 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/kmods_quarterly_0, please wait...
pkg: Error fetching
https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/kmods_quarterly_0/Latest/pkg.pkg:
Not Found
A pre-built version of pkg could not be found for your system.
root@gw:/home/wash # pkg-static install -f pkg
pkg-static: Warning: Major OS version upgrade detected.  Running "pkg
bootstrap -f" recommended
Updating FreeBSD-ports-kmods repository catalogue...
FreeBSD-ports-kmods repository is up to date.
All repositories are up to date.
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
The most recent versions of packages are already installed
root@gw:/home/wash # pkg-static upgrade -F -y
pkg-static: Warning: Major OS version upgrade detected.  Running "pkg
bootstrap -f" recommended
Updating FreeBSD-ports-kmods repository catalogue...
FreeBSD-ports-kmods repository is up to date.
All repositories are up to date.
Checking for upgrades (0 candidates): 100%
Processing candidates (0 candidates): 100%
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
Your packages are up to date.
root@gw:/home/wash # pkg upgrade -f -y
ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libutil.so.9" not found, required by "pkg"
<=========================================
root@gw:/home/wash # freebsd-update install
No updates are available to install.
Run 'freebsd-update [options] fetch' first.
root@gw:/home/wash # reboot
login as: wash
Keyboard-interactive authentication prompts from server:
| Password for wash@gw.wash.lan:
End of keyboard-interactive prompts from server
wash@gw:~$ doas su
ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libutil.so.9" not found, required by "doas"
<========================================
wash@gw:~$


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Best regards,
Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
Nairobi,KE
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