Re: PKGBASE upgrade from ALPHAxx to BETAxx

On 2025-10-16 15:33, Patrick M. Hausen wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>> Am 16.10.2025 um 14:02 schrieb Kurt Jaeger <pi@freebsd.org>:
>>
>> I did this:
>>
>> cd /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos
>> vi FreeBSD-base.conf
>> -----------
>> FreeBSD-base: {
>>   url: "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/base_release_0",
>>   mirror_type: "srv",
>>   signature_type: "fingerprints",
>>   fingerprints: "/usr/share/keys/pkg",
>>   enabled: yes
>> }
>> -----------
> Why is the repository configuration for the packaged *base* system in /usr/*local*/etc?


Because pkg(8) is not in base but from ports.
Overriding base FreeBSD-base repository config with a config file 
located in LOCALPREFIX:-/usr/local is comprehensible and the way users 
are supposed to do according to the notes in /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf.


best,

-harry