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Date:      Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:46:33 +0000
From:      Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-pkg@freebsd.org
Subject:   pkg-repositories(8) and the --rootdir option of pkg(8)
Message-ID:  <a8dbff88-d8fa-418d-bc95-455f5b8bbba7@gmail.com>
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pkg version 2.6.2.

Below, I half-expected the second use of pkg to show
base_latest (not base_release_0) in the url.

What am I missing?

Thanks


root@clean:~ # bectl list -c creation
BE        Active Mountpoint Space Created
default   NR     /          11.7G 2025-10-07 04:15
stable-15 -      /tmp/up    483M  2026-03-15 23:31
root@clean:~ # pkg repos FreeBSD-base
FreeBSD-base: {
     url             : 
"pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/base_release_0",
     enabled         : yes,
     priority        : 0,
     mirror_type     : "SRV",
     signature_type  : "FINGERPRINTS",
     fingerprints    : "/usr/share/keys/pkgbase-15"
   }
root@clean:~ # pkg -r /tmp/up repos FreeBSD-base
FreeBSD-base: {
     url             : 
"pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/base_release_0",
     enabled         : yes,
     priority        : 0,
     mirror_type     : "SRV",
     signature_type  : "FINGERPRINTS",
     fingerprints    : "/usr/share/keys/pkgbase-15"
   }
root@clean:~ # grep -A 2 FreeBSD-base 
/tmp/up/usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf
FreeBSD-base {
     enabled = yes;
     url = "pkg+https://pkg.freebsd.org/${ABI}/base_latest";
root@clean:~ #

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    <p>pkg version 2.6.2. </p>
    <p>Below, I half-expected the second use of pkg to show <br>
      base_latest (not base_release_0) in the url.</p>
    <p>What am I missing? </p>
    <p>Thanks</p>
    <p><br>
    </p>
    <p><font face="monospace">root@clean:~ # bectl list -c creation<br>
        BE        Active Mountpoint Space Created<br>
        default   NR     /          11.7G 2025-10-07 04:15<br>
        stable-15 -      /tmp/up    483M  2026-03-15 23:31<br>
        root@clean:~ # pkg repos FreeBSD-base<br>
        FreeBSD-base: { <br>
            url             :
        "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/base_release_0",<br>;
            enabled         : yes,<br>
            priority        : 0,<br>
            mirror_type     : "SRV",<br>
            signature_type  : "FINGERPRINTS",<br>
            fingerprints    : "/usr/share/keys/pkgbase-15"<br>
          }<br>
        root@clean:~ # pkg -r /tmp/up repos FreeBSD-base<br>
        FreeBSD-base: { <br>
            url             :
        "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/base_release_0",<br>;
            enabled         : yes,<br>
            priority        : 0,<br>
            mirror_type     : "SRV",<br>
            signature_type  : "FINGERPRINTS",<br>
            fingerprints    : "/usr/share/keys/pkgbase-15"<br>
          }<br>
        root@clean:~ # grep -A 2 FreeBSD-base
        /tmp/up/usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf<br>
        FreeBSD-base {<br>
            enabled = yes;<br>
            url = "pkg+https://pkg.freebsd.org/${ABI}/base_latest";<br>;
        root@clean:~ # </font></p>
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