Re: FreeBSD 15.0-BETA1 Now Available [ use url: "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/base_release_0", ]

Kurt Jaeger <pi_at_freebsd.org> wrote on
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2025 11:31:22 UTC :

> > So, should
> > 
> > pkg upgrade
> > 
> > on a ALPHA5 system provide the update ? If no, what do I need
> > to do to upgrade from ALPHA5 to BETA1 ?
> > 
> > I've tested it and no BETA1 packages were available ?
> 
> FreeBSD-base: {
> url: "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/base_latest",

For release builds, including BETA* builds:

url: "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/base_release_0",

An example is:

https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:15:aarch64/base_release_0/


Colin P.:

I suggest that future announcements also indicate how to
specify the url for pkgbase with pkg for whatever type
of distribution it is (here BETA*).

>   mirror_type: "srv",
> signature_type: "fingerprints",
> fingerprints: "/usr/share/keys/pkg",
> enabled: yes
> }
> 
> Browsing:
> 
> https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/base_latest/
> 
> shows
> 
> FreeBSD*.15.snap20251011* packages
> 
> but those are not seen as valid for upgrade from *15.0.a4* from pkg ?

Details . . .

There is now, for example, various:

https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:15:*/base_release_0/

with package names ending in:

-15.0.b1.202510*.pkg

for BETA1. (The encooded timestamp varies across
platforms.)


I'll note that, for aarch64, despite:

https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-stable/2025-October/003383.html

reporting:

QUOTE
Images for 15.0-BETA1 aarch64 GENERIC did not build for reasons which have
already been diagnosed.
END QUOTE

https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:15:aarch64/base_release_0/

has been populated.


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Mark Millard
marklmi at yahoo.com