Re: Why pkg(8) is NOT bootstrapped in PKGBASE install by default?

Reply: vermaden : "Re: Why pkg(8) is NOT bootstrapped in PKGBASE install by default?"
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From: Colin Percival <cperciva_at_tarsnap.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 22:23:26 UTC

On 9/16/25 15:16, vermaden wrote:
> I just made an 'offline' installation of FreeBSD 15.0-ALPHA2 with these options selected:
> - Use PKGBASE.
> - Do 'Offline' install.
> - Auto ZFS with Partition Scheme: GPT (BIOS+UEFI)
> - Add '+lib32' to wanted sets.
> 
> After reboot I want to see what PKGBASE packages are installed (and maybe remove some of them) but I am not able to because pkg(8) is not bootstrapped ... why? This is OFFLINE installation. These are bad defaults.
> 
>      root@A2:~ # pkg info
>      The package management tool is not yet installed on your system.
>      Do you want to fetch and install it now? [y/N]:

I'm planning on adding pkg to the pkgbase repository on disc1 and dvd1.

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Colin Percival
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