Thanks - but its not about me - I will manage ... one way or another. I was thinking about all those people who rely on 'Announcement Message' on how to update/upgrade FreeBSD - that is why I believe that PKGBASE update/upgrade instructions should be mentioned in each new 'Announcement Message' ...
Regards, vermaden Temat: Re: FreeBSD 15.0-BETA2 Now Available Data: 2025-10-20 22:49 Nadawca: "Freddie Cash" <[email protected]> Adresat: "Pete French" <[email protected]>; DW: [email protected]; > On Mon, Oct 20, 2025 at 1:11 PM Pete French <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 20/10/2025 18:04, Colin Percival wrote: >>> No, pkgbase is considered "experimental" in 14; the intended upgrade path >>> for 14.x (and older) systems is >>> >>> 1. FreeBSD Update to 15. >>> 2. Run pkgbasify at some point during the lifetime of 15.x. >>> 3. Use packages (probably via a freebsd-update front-end) to upgrade to 16. >> >> So will we be able to carry on with buildworld / installworld after the >> end of 15 ? IF not then whats the new process for people who cpmpile >> their own stuff ? >> > > "make buildworld" will remain. > > "make buildkernel" will remain. > > "make installkernel" and "make installworld" will be replaced with "make > packages" > (or similar, I haven't done this yet so not sure on the exact command). > > Then you use pkg(8) to update the repo info and to upgrade the installed > packages using the ones you just created. > > Similar to how things are done in ports. You use poudriere to build packages > via > the ports tree. Then use pkg(8) to install/upgrade using the newly-built > packages. > > -- > > Freddie Cash > [email protected]
