/usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf (was: Trying to understand base system packages)

In reply to: Lexi Winter : "Re: Trying to understand base system packages"
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From: Graham Perrin <grahamperrin_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2025 21:38:58 UTC

On 10/12/2025 08:35, Lexi Winter wrote:

> … the installer enables the repository in /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos for
> pkgbase installs. …


<https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=291502>
Documentation should not advise users to overwrite 
/usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf


 From the preceding report, 291501:

> Overwriting the file will cause the operator to not gain updates to base.


sysutils/desktop-installer uses a separate file for people who switch 
from quarterly to latest for the two ports repositories,

/usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/bleeding-edge.conf