Re: My system is broken after upgrade to 14 tpo 15.0

i had to download and unpack this file:

https://download.freebsd.org/ports/ports/ports.tar.xz[1]

and then manually build (make) and reinstall perl twice, and then pkg once. after this 
"pkg update" and "pkg upgrade" worked as expected.

i'm now moving on to:

https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/pkgbasify/blob/main/README.md[2]

so, basically, there is a path from 14.3 to 15.0, but it's not smooth.

thanks to all who have made it possible.

re:

On Saterdag 06 Desember 2025 23:11:17 UTC Otto Fowler wrote:
>  Tom Aoki also told me ( On mastodon ):
> "And if even `pkg bootstrap -f` hesitates to run, `pkg-static bootstrap -f`
> would be your friend.”
> 
> Sorry, that is all I have.
> 
> O
> 
> 
> On December 6, 2025 at 15:21:53, Xavier B. (somenxavier@posteo.net) wrote:
> 
> [xan@hero ~]$ 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
> pkg: failed to extract pkg-static: Can't unlink already-existing object
> 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
> 
> On Sat, 6 Dec 2025 06:30:11 -0800
> 
> Otto Fowler <ottobackwards@gmail.com> ha escrit:
> > pkg bootstrap -f is what fixed this for me.


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Paul Vixie

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[1] https://download.freebsd.org/ports/ports/ports.tar.xz
[2] https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/pkgbasify/blob/main/README.md