Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2025 08:07:35 +0000 From: polyduekes@proton.me To: Lexi Winter <ivy@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: changing from pkgbase to regularbase Message-ID: <npwDORtr2Yu3U030JdrqqhiwOtcJFCOC80Lrub8U8faFbaBTHvQdSrSDy5fWgQDSTZs30Un0y9UTyIn3i_Mz-dA0bUGdUlklr157U4mw8xM=@proton.me> In-Reply-To: <aSG0JXUhAG2fBal-@amaryllis.le-fay.org> References: <aR3Rc_5llfvlEjIo@int21h> <aSEGPTtrfV29u9R9@amaryllis.le-fay.org> <71e4b46c-8d69-451d-92ca-79316ffc4b63@app.fastmail.com> <aSETbVSLxcDa5ssB@amaryllis.le-fay.org> <20251122180931.52c1141475f5faec4fad633c@dec.sakura.ne.jp> <d6ed185f-ed13-4a2c-a875-1b687a0f7b8b@plan-b.pwste.edu.pl> <aSG0JXUhAG2fBal-@amaryllis.le-fay.org>
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what is the correct way to depkgbasify? > Marek Zarychta wrote in d6ed185f-ed13-4a2c-a875-1b687a0f7b8b@plan-b.pwste.edu.pl: > > > W dniu 22.11.2025 o 10:09, Tomoaki AOKI pisze: > > > > > I don't think disallowing de-pkgbasifying is a good idea. > > > > +1 > > > we are not disallowing depkgbasifying. > > > Switching from RELEASE to STABLE has always been possible. Why should > > pkgbase be an exception in this regard? > > > it is not an exception. it is entirely possible, and indeed quite > straightforward, to switch from release to stable using pkgbase. > > the only nit, which was mentioned in another thread recently, is that > the first time you do this you might need to use "pkg upgrade -f" > because pkg sometimes thinks release versions are older than snapshots. > this only needs to be done once, the first time you switch branches. > > > While delivering a limited or trimmed-down OS with pkgbase is certainly > > possible, the same is true when installing from source. In fact, upgrading > > the world and kernel over NFS is often even faster and less resource > > consuming than using pkgbase. It would be a great loss for the community if > > this old, seamless, and proven-to-work method were ever deprecated in favour > > of pkgbase. > > > we are not removing or deprecating installworld. there are no plans to > do that and there is no reason to do that. > > to reiterate, in case it's not clear: the error being discussed in this > thread is NOT a precursor to removing installworld support and it is NOT > an attempt to prevent people from depkgbasifying their system. > > its purpose is an anti-footgun device to prevent people from breaking > their system by running make installworld without first depkgbasifying > the system, which will leave the system broken. > > as i said previously: if you correctly depkgbasify your system, you will > not encounter this error message. it is ONLY displayed on systems which > have NOT been depkgbasified.
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