Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:53:04 +0200 From: vermaden <vermaden@interia.pl> To: Charles Sprickman <spork@bway.net>, Anton Shterenlikht <lists@cmplx.uk> Cc: Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com>, "stable@freebsd.org" <stable@freebsd.org>, "pkgbase@freebsd.org" <pkgbase@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [HEADS UP] stable/15: new base packages for PAM, zstd Message-ID: <fkgpqegiynlrdyklagqr@qfvz> In-Reply-To: <5019E502-8951-40E0-881C-9E08B3732308@bway.net> References: <adTq6tMP4GWQS35e@amaryllis.le-fay.org> <aeedOZ7VcQAOsQCV@cmplx.uk> <3847a70c-f2d8-4c4a-a5f0-56a4a90168b0@yahoo.com> <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> <5019E502-8951-40E0-881C-9E08B3732308@bway.net>
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Temat: Re: [HEADS UP] stable/15: new base packages for PAM, zstd Data: 2026-04-24 19:06 Nadawca: "Charles Sprickman" <spork@bway.net> Adresat: "Anton Shterenlikht" <lists@cmplx.uk>; DW: "Mark Millard" <marklmi@yahoo.com>; stable@freebsd.org; pkgbase@freebsd.org; > Where is the definitive documentation for pkgbase, > conversion to same, and I guess really a general overview > of what it is and "why"? > > I generally have found the wiki to be out-of-date or just > generally "unofficial" and the place one would go looking > for information on something new before it's been released, > things that are of interest to developers but not necessarily > users... but with pkgbase in 15.x now, I kind of assumed > we'd have a handbook chapter, or at least entries for > converting and updating in the "EXAMPLES" section of the > pkg man page. This is kind of reminds me of BE's and how > they just sort of became automatic with "freebsd-update" > on ZFS systems and, while it's an excellent feature, I never > found a good "how and why" doc on that either. > > On documentation in general, I am perhaps a weirdo about > this, but many times I can't quite wrap my head around > something until I have the "why" of it - then things generally > fall into place really quickly for me... > > Charles About PKGBASE here You can find some 'external' documentation: - https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/brave-new-pkgbase-world/ - https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/07/20/freebsd-pkgbase-pkgbasify-tool/ - https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2023/12/09/personal-freebsd-pkgbase-update-server/ About that ZFS Boot Environments ... here is some additional 'external' documentation from mine as well - hope that helps. - https://is.gd/BECTL - https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/11/25/zfs-boot-environments-explained/ - https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2022/03/14/zfs-boot-environments-revolutions/ - https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2021/02/23/upgrade-freebsd-with-zfs-boot-environments/ - https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2021/10/19/other-freebsd-version-in-zfs-boot-environment/ Regards, vermadenhome | help
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