" unfortunately, pkg considers "15.0.a4" to be newer than "15.snap [...]"
Well, that seems in line with pkg-version(8): [1-0] # pkg version -t 15.0.a4 15.snap > Also mentioned in https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/porters-handbook/book/#makefile-versions Eric > From: "Lexi Winter" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, 12 October, 2025 18:55:36 > Subject: manual action required updating from 15.0-ALPHA to 15-STABLE with > pkgbase > > hello, > > during the 15.0-ALPHA period, the packages were published with a version > similar to "15.0.a4.YYYYMMDD". now that stable/15 has become 15-STABLE, > the packages are published with a version similar to "15.snapYYYYMMDD". > > unfortunately, pkg considers "15.0.a4" to be newer than "15.snap", so > you will not see any package updates for those packages, even though > they are available. > > to work around this, run "pkg upgrade -f -r FreeBSD-base", which will > forcibly reinstall all packages with the version from the repository. > this should only need to be done once, since there are no "a4" packages > left in the repository. > > this only affects people who use the base_latest repository and want to > track 15-STABLE. if you want to track releng/15.0 instead, switch from > the base_latest repository to the base_release_0 repository. in that > case, no manual action sould be required.
