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Date:      Sun, 18 Jan 2026 02:03:51 +0000
From:      Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-pkg@freebsd.org
Subject:   Unexpected FreeBSD:16:aarch64/base_release_0/
Message-ID:  <e803871a-63c6-4492-b4b2-14a2bac419a7@gmail.com>

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[-- Attachment #1 --]
If    pkg repos -e    shows a url ending with
     base_latest
then why does pkg-upgrade(8) appear to use a different url? Containing
     base_release_0

The two transcripts attached were attempts to upgrade from 14.3 to 16.0.

For the second attempt: I edited the fingerprints line, and used pkg 2.5.1.



[-- Attachment #2 --]
Script started on Sun Jan 18 01:36:31 2026
root@aarch64:~ # pkg -c /tmp/up upgrade -Fqy -r FreeBSD-base
pkg: Warning: Major OS version upgrade detected.  Running "pkg bootstrap -f" recommended
pkg: Failed to fetch https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:16:aarch64/base_release_0/meta.conf: Not found
pkg: Failed to fetch https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:16:aarch64/base_release_0/meta.txz: Not found
pkg: Failed to fetch https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:16:aarch64/base_release_0/data.pkg: Not found
pkg: Failed to fetch https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:16:aarch64/base_release_0/data.tzst: Not found
pkg: Failed to fetch https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:16:aarch64/base_release_0/packagesite.pkg: Not found
pkg: Failed to fetch https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:16:aarch64/base_release_0/packagesite.tzst: Not found
root@aarch64:~ # pkg repos -e
pkg: Warning: Major OS version upgrade detected.  Running "pkg bootstrap -f" recommended
FreeBSD-ports: { 
    url             : "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:16:aarch64/latest",
    enabled         : yes,
    priority        : 0,
    mirror_type     : "SRV",
    signature_type  : "FINGERPRINTS",
    fingerprints    : "/usr/share/keys/pkg"
  }
FreeBSD-ports-kmods: { 
    url             : "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:16:aarch64/kmods_latest",
    enabled         : yes,
    priority        : 0,
    mirror_type     : "SRV",
    signature_type  : "FINGERPRINTS",
    fingerprints    : "/usr/share/keys/pkg"
  }
FreeBSD-base: { 
    url             : "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:16:aarch64/base_latest",
    enabled         : yes,
    priority        : 0,
    mirror_type     : "SRV",
    signature_type  : "FINGERPRINTS",
    fingerprints    : "/usr/share/keys/pkgbase-16"
  }
root@aarch64:~ # pkg -v
2.4.2
root@aarch64:~ # exit

Script done on Sun Jan 18 01:37:04 2026

[-- Attachment #3 --]
Script started on Sun Jan 18 01:48:09 2026
root@aarch64:~ # pkg -c /tmp/up upgrade -Fqy -r FreeBSD-base
pkg: Warning: Major OS version upgrade detected.  Running "pkg bootstrap -f" recommended
pkg: Failed to fetch https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:16:aarch64/base_release_0/meta.conf: Failed writing received data to disk/application
pkg: Failed to fetch https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:16:aarch64/base_release_0/meta.txz: Failed writing received data to disk/application
pkg: Failed to fetch https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:16:aarch64/base_release_0/data.pkg: Failed writing received data to disk/application
pkg: Failed to fetch https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:16:aarch64/base_release_0/data.tzst: Failed writing received data to disk/application
pkg: Failed to fetch https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:16:aarch64/base_release_0/packagesite.pkg: Failed writing received data to disk/application
pkg: Failed to fetch https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:16:aarch64/base_release_0/packagesite.tzst: Failed writing received data to disk/application
root@aarch64:~ # pkg repos -e
pkg: Warning: Major OS version upgrade detected.  Running "pkg bootstrap -f" recommended
FreeBSD-ports: { 
    url             : "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:16:aarch64/latest",
    enabled         : yes,
    priority        : 0,
    mirror_type     : "SRV",
    signature_type  : "FINGERPRINTS",
    fingerprints    : "/usr/share/keys/pkg"
  }
FreeBSD-ports-kmods: { 
    url             : "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:16:aarch64/kmods_latest",
    enabled         : yes,
    priority        : 0,
    mirror_type     : "SRV",
    signature_type  : "FINGERPRINTS",
    fingerprints    : "/usr/share/keys/pkg"
  }
FreeBSD-base: { 
    url             : "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:16:aarch64/base_latest",
    enabled         : yes,
    priority        : 0,
    mirror_type     : "SRV",
    signature_type  : "FINGERPRINTS",
    fingerprints    : "/usr/share/keys/pkg"
  }
root@aarch64:~ # pkg -v
2.5.1
root@aarch64:~ # freebsd-version -kru ; uname -mvKU
14.3-RELEASE-p5
14.3-RELEASE-p5
14.3-RELEASE-p7
FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE-p5 GENERIC arm64 1600008 1403000
root@aarch64:~ # exit

Script done on Sun Jan 18 01:49:08 2026
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