Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2025 18:12:08 +0100 From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@FreeBSD.org> To: polyduekes@proton.me Cc: Lexi Winter <ivy@freebsd.org>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, bapt@freebsd.org Subject: Re: changing from pkgbase to regularbase Message-ID: <861pload1z.fsf@ltc.des.dev> In-Reply-To: <npwDORtr2Yu3U030JdrqqhiwOtcJFCOC80Lrub8U8faFbaBTHvQdSrSDy5fWgQDSTZs30Un0y9UTyIn3i_Mz-dA0bUGdUlklr157U4mw8xM=@proton.me> (polyduekes@proton.me's message of "Sun, 23 Nov 2025 08:07:35 %2B0000") 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> <npwDORtr2Yu3U030JdrqqhiwOtcJFCOC80Lrub8U8faFbaBTHvQdSrSDy5fWgQDSTZs30Un0y9UTyIn3i_Mz-dA0bUGdUlklr157U4mw8xM=@proton.me>
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polyduekes@proton.me writes:
> what is the correct way to depkgbasify?
There is no “correct” way. Here's what I would suggest:
1. Make sure your system is up-to-date and consistent and you have a
matching source tree installed:
# pkg upgrade -y
# pkg install -y FreeBSD-set-src
# pkg autoremove -y
2. Make a list of non-pkgbase non-automatic packages:
# pkg query -e '%a == 0 && %o !~ base/*' %n >packages
3. Delete your installed package database:
# rm /var/db/pkg/local.sqlite
4. Reinstall non-pkgbase packages:
# pkg install -fy $(cat packages)
This will of course also reinstall all dependencies, but we are
deliberately only specifying non-automatic packages so the end result
is the same as what we started out with. If we had made a list of
_all_ installed packages, we would end up with everything now being
marked non-automatic, and `pkg autoremove` would no longer work
properly.
5. Populate /var/db/etcupdate so it will work when you later upgrade
from source:
# etcupdate extract
6. Optional but recommended — disable the pkgbase repository:
# rm /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf
(this file will have been created by the installer and should contain
a single line that enables the FreeBSD-base repository; without it,
the repository remains defined in /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf but disabled)
You can also remove cached information about the repository, which
you will no longer need:
# rm -rf /var/db/pkg/repos/FreeBSD-base
At this point you can replace /usr/src with a git clone and upgrade as
usual (`make -C /usr/src -j1.5 world kernel && etcupdate -B`).
There is a shortcut for steps 2-4. I think it is both sufficient and
safe, but I don't know pkg's internals well enough to say for sure;
perhaps bapt@ can weight in. First you need to install the sqlite3 cli:
# pkg install -Ay sqlite3
You can then use it to remove information about base packages from the
package database, leaving the rest intact so you don't have to reinstall
them:
# sqlite3 /var/db/pkg/local.sqlite \
"delete from packages where origin like 'base/%';"
If you choose this route you can also drop the autoremove in step 1,
which I only put in to shorten steps 2 and 4. You still have to perform
step 5 (and optionally 6).
DES
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Dag-Erling Smørgrav - des@FreeBSD.org
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