Re: freebsd-update(8) on a pkgbasify-enabled system

In reply to: Graham Perrin : "freebsd-update(8) on a pkgbasify-enabled system"
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From: Colin Percival <cperciva_at_tarsnap.com>
Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2025 20:46:41 UTC

On 9/7/25 13:23, Graham Perrin wrote:
>  > The freebsd-update(8) utility cannot be used to upgrade to 15.0-ALPHA1.
> 
> Understood.
> 
> On RELEASE, I'm slightly surprised that the fetch and upgrade commands of 
> freebsd-update can be valid after conversion to pkgbase:
> 
> <https://i.imgur.com/wjmSAVj.png>
> 
> Is that expected, at this time?

Hmm, the "refuse to operate on a pkgbase system" code should be present
in FreeBSD 14.3.

Ed, can you work with Graham to figure out why it didn't fire for him?

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Colin Percival
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