Re: How to upgrade a 15.0 pkgbase system to 15.1?

From: Charles Sprickman <spork_at_bway.net>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2026 17:13:10 UTC

> On Jun 16, 2026, at 9:17 AM, Patrick M. Hausen <hausen@punkt.de> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
>> Am 16.06.2026 um 15:03 schrieb Wismos@proton.me:
>> 
>> would be nice to link to/mention in announcement, like we previously used to do
>> 
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> On Tuesday, 06/16/26 at 16:55 Lexi Winter <ivy@freebsd.org> wrote:
>> Patrick M. Hausen wrote in <67CF60AB-5011-4D25-A9FF-74B85CF31732@punkt.de>:
>>> I looked for the answer in the announcement and in the release notes
>>> without success. Would someone be so kind to enlighten me?
>> 
>> https://www.freebsd.org/releases/15.1R/upgrading/#upgrade-pkg
> 
> The page hierarchy on the web site is a bit off.
> 
> On the Release Information page https://www.freebsd.org/releases/ the line for 15.1 does
> not link the upgrading document.
> 
> Neither is it linked when you click on 15.1 in the left hand menu to land at the announcement:
> 
> https://www.freebsd.org/releases/15.1R/announce/
> 
> Only when you manually visit https://www.freebsd.org/releases/15.1R/ will you get links
> to all relevant files.
> 
> I suggest to link to that last page from the top level .../releases/ left hand menu instead of
> going directly to .../announce/.

I had no idea a new website was in the works, but if anyone with some decision-making power there is listening, PLEASE bring back the front page links to current releases.

And regarding this thread, a link to the handbook entry on what pkgbase is and how to use it would be nice on any release/upgrading related pages/errata.

Thanks,

Charles

> Kind regards,
> Patrick
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