Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:33:11 +0000 From: Lorenzo Salvadore <salvadore@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-doc-all@FreeBSD.org Cc: Isaac Freund <ifreund@freebsdfoundation.org> Subject: git: b843a2c2a1 - main - Status/2026Q1/pkgbasify.adoc: Add report Message-ID: <69e10f47.27016.7478c10@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
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The branch main has been updated by salvadore: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=b843a2c2a121c8befda72dae23c216887c59bd8c commit b843a2c2a121c8befda72dae23c216887c59bd8c Author: Isaac Freund <ifreund@freebsdfoundation.org> AuthorDate: 2026-04-16 16:04:51 +0000 Commit: Lorenzo Salvadore <salvadore@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2026-04-16 16:04:51 +0000 Status/2026Q1/pkgbasify.adoc: Add report Reviewed by: status (Graham Percival <gperciva@tarsnap.com>) Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D56302 --- .../content/en/status/report-2026-01-2026-03/pkgbasify.adoc | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/website/content/en/status/report-2026-01-2026-03/pkgbasify.adoc b/website/content/en/status/report-2026-01-2026-03/pkgbasify.adoc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..359d16a496 --- /dev/null +++ b/website/content/en/status/report-2026-01-2026-03/pkgbasify.adoc @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +=== More robust pkgbase conversion + +Links: + +link:https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/pkgbasify[pkgbasify] URL: link:https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/pkgbasify[] + + +Contact: Isaac Freund <ifreund@freebsdfoundation.org> + +The link:https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/pkgbasify[pkgbasify] script is used to convert non-pkgbase FreeBSD systems to pkgbase systems. + +In the last quarter, I landed link:https://github.com/freebsd/pkg/pull/2627[several improvements] in upstream pkg, allowing pkgbasify to become both simpler and more robust. +At the same time, the dependency of pkgbasify on the etcupdate database in `/var/db/etcupdate/current` can be now be eliminated, making pkgbasify much more flexible. + +These improvements will be available to end users after the pkg 2.7 release.home | help
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