Re: PKGBASE upgrade from ALPHAxx to BETAxx

From: Patrick M. Hausen <hausen_at_punkt.de>
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2025 17:49:17 UTC
Hi,

> Am 16.10.2025 um 19:44 schrieb Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com>:
> To my knowledge, /etc/pkg/ only has files that are expected to
> apply to all systems, no matter how installed/updated. Also,
> the files in /etc/pkg/ are expected to not be edited. The
> overriding text goes in files in /usr/local/etc/pkg/respos/
> instead. (Technically such are conventions, not requirements,
> but they fit with FreeBSD update processes in a particular way.)

I follow that argument.

But isn't pkgbase supposed to be the new normal starting with 15.0?

Sorry for the noise if I confused that. Then it will land in /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf in 16?

Kind regards,
Patrick
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