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

From: Lexi Winter <ivy_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 05:36:51 UTC 
Tamás Nagy wrote in <CACyGuju_TdrjZRsxhxo3D1ui7OWvU01DPrNKzf2-SzGpSnE5Ag@mail.gmail.com>:
> I am following the link
> "https://www.freebsd.org/releases/15.1R/upgrading/#upgrade-pkg", but
> the command "pkg -oABI=FreeBSD:15:$(uname -p) -oOSVERSION=1501000
> upgrade -r FreeBSD-base" is not working on my 15.0.
> 
> 1. The handbook does not say that "FreeBSD-base" must be enabled which
> is disabled by default. This is very confusing.

if FreeBSD-base is not enabled, then you are not using pkgbase and
should not follow the pkgbase upgrade instructions.

(or you've somehow managed to install from pkgbase then disable the
FreeBSD-base repository, but i don't know how that could happen.)