Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:20:47 +0000 From: Anton Shterenlikht <lists@cmplx.uk> To: Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> Cc: pkgbase@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [HEADS UP] stable/15: new base packages for PAM, zstd Message-ID: <afMQ3xXBl7JaH0_R@cmplx.uk> In-Reply-To: <5c69753a-ca42-4796-a63f-fa6883e91ab8@yahoo.com> References: <aeh6ddAuDClL4YFn@cmplx.uk> <aek7L4X26D0zQTU-@amaryllis.le-fay.org> <aenUvAuAGC8SgpKi__40328.3866167598$1776932059$gmane$org@cmplx.uk> <700c882a-ae24-403a-a8e0-5ceffed569ae@yahoo.com> <aeslKG5UCOmV0ROY@cmplx.uk> <351d3db5-19d0-4652-a44e-b029a8105937@yahoo.com> <afIlbEf1NGIJkko9@cmplx.uk> <23d5deac-c35c-44f0-9469-7a22772dd54c@yahoo.com> <afJFH6BjM1vY4xWy@cmplx.uk> <5c69753a-ca42-4796-a63f-fa6883e91ab8@yahoo.com>
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On Wed, Apr 29, 2026 at 11:35:06AM -0700, Mark Millard wrote: > On 4/29/26 10:51, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 29, 2026 at 09:32:44AM -0700, Mark Millard wrote: > >>> > >>> I get this: > >>> > >>> # /home/as/pkgbasify.lua > >>> Error: The system is already using pkgbase. > >>> Pass --force to run pkgbasify anyway, for example to fix a partial conversion. > >>> > >>> I don't remember invoking pkgbasify before. > >>> > >>> should I --force it? > >> > >> Note: I have never used the force option. > >> > >> A basic question that would direct what you should do . . . > >> > >> Which do you want as the basis for your environment: > >> > >> ) pkgbase? > >> > >> ) What you had before (reverting the partial pkgbase install to no > >> longer be registered as pkgbase materials)? > >> > >> You have the choice of which direction to go. > > > > don't mind really... if pkgbase will be the default soon(?) > > then probably I'd like to go ahead rather than back. > > The old way is not being removed until FreeBSD 16.0-RELEASE. So pkgbase > is not required for 15.*-RELEASE at all: both ways will exist. > > 15.0-RELEASE classified pkgbase as a technology preview, as I remember > how it was presented. > > So which? pkgbasify --force did it # freebsd-version -kru 15.0-RELEASE-p7 15.0-RELEASE-p7 15.0-RELEASE-p7 Thank you for all your help and explanations Antonhome | help
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