From nobody Mon May 25 03:46:23 2026 X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4gP1ys3S05z6fsPC for ; Mon, 25 May 2026 03:46:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bobb@fastmail.com) Received: from fout-b6-smtp.messagingengine.com (fout-b6-smtp.messagingengine.com [202.12.124.149]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4gP1ys1Bq3z3nW3 for ; Mon, 25 May 2026 03:46:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bobb@fastmail.com) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none Received: from phl-compute-05.internal (phl-compute-05.internal [10.202.2.45]) by mailfout.stl.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 750ED1D000CD; Sun, 24 May 2026 23:46:44 -0400 (EDT) Received: from phl-imap-09 ([10.202.2.99]) by phl-compute-05.internal (MEProxy); Sun, 24 May 2026 23:46:44 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=fastmail.com; h= cc:cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type:content-type:date :date:from:from:in-reply-to:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :references:reply-to:subject:subject:to:to; s=fm3; t=1779680804; x=1779767204; bh=tzzd+Ke3kEMmNV84gkwUG9GxMavXwiMkAukTfDLoBuE=; b= Q7eGgHTZhFy732Mj4atfyDAd7qEwObOYmT3ng1/wzRQIFGDoiV8WYgox00ySorb0 UnXEsjwnY1QiFzVh9gvXz2Fx24FUgg4IpanTdUebvj6ud3qZRmej/nP3sIuSh1hu 8sP4W5VUbB9LeMW06zfAu6oax4WaRmmF4bRiLbewTSBpBSqQkA5lhDqhinMDDlQM C4K3hUD7Ju4sp1ko5UmH5URCksQmgZJ18V2aD5u6pCINLW7eH+n/L7QRmYs0kG8R 20MeM8wi7hnaPXooNuWrMlRdF/lJafWc4BEeYgHGOerED+4x3EPeNuWVQppFhgJk IRd8aMlx6xryUVj84fKywg== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:cc:content-transfer-encoding :content-type:content-type:date:date:feedback-id:feedback-id :from:from:in-reply-to:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :references:reply-to:subject:subject:to:to:x-me-proxy :x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm3; t=1779680804; x= 1779767204; bh=tzzd+Ke3kEMmNV84gkwUG9GxMavXwiMkAukTfDLoBuE=; b=t 2hHBfIF7/zt203ILMSyRcgFRtkLQrc4zpV98gUhoQhZMA2C4tuF3Pi54/fC+1UGs Ajf76hU2ToZ3ljoL5FkHNAI7pjaru8qTynalgjnurIUwlW8xZJgrkMY2KUSQYdd8 czQCUmMbARNIKCIxO+eVY6uY0UP+tswIFeYa3yAXz2I7NHSAP8QalaOIBLLIflVG g8Hw4t1CyUch70RmKJYbAzLNCt1GrN33loxwnxaFLmIlV8qCYXdVwiD3iu+SycGr T9vd4Ks5iTSX1WwS3ukhOrkUpAfRjb4hUCEkcObcCrGw1Q/SKgexhCw7ieVbGKyf a5s68e+3xIl1z8fGFeazg== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: dmFkZTEHHKqfhfWFT4MD7TfOx3A6gStvYNtRrida0uuK6k3wxkmdjozMcKcEGJmHXCEIkM OvgQdXO8/8S2TA7U/GyZS0l7DdRw4+I4qMemMCuOsvP6U8YW9va38MRoOUS9YUuhthiGU2 ifyhCnuNSzeVuzzUY0iZtqIaM7D8231mzNISYpQZW58jTdBFivn7pQzYp3BRDAeKWwqaOD v1xp7MvK0B8Uv1DvkAbd0PunPXWf7i2tKiRlazrulIbtkbIbEokDU74Kfi6YmARxon8YCS flCBbhQAKJMHZrotTmC653ilD7H7uq0TL7AoNq9IKE2NB2H8ub+tcfVoEXXXQyvfxBZdrK o+DH9FLC3ZNyrcoAawGJXtvO0uQVF4nWjEiKmA04V7jxJ2g2llU6yLF5ba7K61XRSn7zEu HjLE0D/qQXvFdy+8RKLhbZmznLlXp62hgSvsxG17pXJZe/VV1952G4JzpJ3hssX59CjsrU sm862bIZ07GEBa5uAiDLrWKrk2h5MSYGKMxjNq9pwpygJjlhJFBTDsrfySAayNIogfD1E4 NNmC17kY3yHfx9mzzoKcxDPGGgJx/rglU2qne2HxLx6Op+/6alNIMb+AY1P8LrW+FbtM3z wF+MJ8yo1h8r4Q33SPc1JOA45LKYqP5HyU4cPt6NbHh6GACFPazdQa/4RZKQ X-ME-Proxy: Feedback-ID: i3c0041ac:Fastmail Received: by mailuser.phl.internal (Postfix, from userid 501) id 1ECBE3020073; Sun, 24 May 2026 23:46:44 -0400 (EDT) X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface List-Id: User questions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: List-Owner: Precedence: list MIME-Version: 1.0 X-ThreadId: AW8RxGxQyh_R Date: Sun, 24 May 2026 23:46:23 -0400 From: "Bobb Shires" To: "Steve Rikli" Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-Id: In-Reply-To: References: <7cb31e23-dfd4-4009-b993-87f71d238ea3@app.fastmail.com> Subject: Re: Switching pkg from quarterly to latest Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:151847, ipnet:202.12.124.0/24, country:AU] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4gP1ys1Bq3z3nW3 X-Spamd-Bar: ---- X-Rspamd-Pre-Result: action=no action; module=replies; Message is reply to one we originated That was it, thanks Steve! Contents of my /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf was the single line FreeBSD-ports: { url: "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/latest" } I've replaced it with what you provided and all appears well - repositories updated without complaint. (that part of the handbook needs work? Or did I skip a crucial step elsewhere?) On Sun, May 24, 2026, at 23:22, Steve Rikli wrote: > For starters, let's do the simple thing and check what your new > pkg config file actually ended up looking like. > > Fwiw I've usually had something like this for FreeBSD 14 and earlier: > > FreeBSD: { > url: "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/latest", > mirror_type: "srv", > signature_type: "fingerprints", > fingerprints: "/usr/share/keys/pkg", > enabled: yes > } > > For FreeBSD 15 and newer, where there is new pkgbase as well as pkg, > I have the same config except the repo name for pkg is "FreeBSD-ports". > > I'd expect the 2nd setup to work on 14 as well, but I suspect the > additional lines after "url:" might be missing from your new file, and > that may be giving trouble. > > > On Sun, May 24, 2026 at 10:26:28PM -0400, Bobb Shires wrote: >> I'm on 14.4-RELEASE-p5 and following instructions in section 4.4.2 of the handbook "To switch pkg(8) from Quarterly to Latest run the following commands:" >> https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/ports/#quarterly-latest-branch >> >> The two commands listed appeared to complete normally, however the command >> # pkg update -f >> >> Gives me this... Help please? What does this mean? >> Thanks! >> >> === root@monster ~ 2 -> # pkg update -f >> Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue... >> Fetching meta.conf: 100% 179 B 0.2 kB/s 00:01 >> Fetching data: 100% 10 MiB 11.0 MB/s 00:01 >> Processing entries: 100% >> FreeBSD repository update completed. 37078 packages processed. >> Updating FreeBSD-kmods repository catalogue... >> Fetching meta.conf: 100% 179 B 0.2 kB/s 00:01 >> Fetching data: 100% 36 KiB 37.0 kB/s 00:01 >> Processing entries: 100% >> FreeBSD-kmods repository update completed. 245 packages processed. >> Updating FreeBSD-ports repository catalogue... >> pkg: Repository FreeBSD-ports has a wrong packagesite, need to re-create database >> pkg: packagesite URL error for pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/latest/meta.conf -- pkg+:// implies SRV mirror type >> pkg: packagesite URL error for pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/latest/meta.txz -- pkg+:// implies SRV mirror type >> repository FreeBSD-ports has no meta file, using default settings >> pkg: packagesite URL error for pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/latest/data.pkg -- pkg+:// implies SRV mirror type >> pkg: packagesite URL error for pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/latest/data.tzst -- pkg+:// implies SRV mirror type >> pkg: packagesite URL error for pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/latest/packagesite.pkg -- pkg+:// implies SRV mirror type >> pkg: packagesite URL error for pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/latest/packagesite.tzst -- pkg+:// implies SRV mirror type >> Unable to update repository FreeBSD-ports >> Error updating repositories!