Re: Upgrade from 14.3 to 15

From: Jeff Lloyd <lloydjbl_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2025 16:20:01 UTC
Thanks for everyone's feedback!

On Tue, Dec 9, 2025 at 10:34 AM Lexi Winter <ivy@freebsd.org> wrote:

> Jeff Lloyd wrote in <
> CAFzDrHLaqEtXJ35TFPFH77f9rrsMT4sfxUd45HhzC1Da2rXOtg@mail.gmail.com>:
> > Now when I trying to update pkg or to re-install apps, I get multiple
> error
> > lines like this:
> > pkg: packagesite URL error for pkg+
> > http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/latest/data.pkg -- pkg+://
> implies
> > SRV mirror type
> > Unable to update repository FreeBSD-kmods
> > Error updating repositories!
>
> this is usually caused by trying to override the URL for a repository
> that doesn't exist.  in this case, "FreeBSD-kmods" has been renamed to
> "FreeBSD-ports-kmods" in /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf; you probably have a
> stale override in /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos for "FreeBSD-kmods".
>
> the fix is to change your override to refer to "FreeBSD-ports-kmods"
> instead -- but you should probably also look at why it's trying to
> install FreeBSD 14 packages.
>