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Date:      Fri, 30 May 2025 09:18:17 +0100
From:      Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-pkgbase@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: CFT: pkgbase support in 15.0
Message-ID:  <d3726efb-6806-4ae2-8ba8-7f6b7058edc0@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <86a57t3cfu.fsf@asn.ftfl.ca>
References:  <86a57t3cfu.fsf@asn.ftfl.ca>

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Maybe worth noting:


A) pkg: killed: failed to reclaim memory
<https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1evetpj/comment/>;


B) pkg upgrade finding nothing after an incomplete upgrade
<https://github.com/freebsd/pkg/issues/2441>, in particular
<https://github.com/freebsd/pkg/issues/2441#issuecomment-2799590401>;

 > … I see what may be variations of this issue:
|>
 > * pkg upgrade| following an interruption to an upgrade command
/>   does/ proceed to install packages, but not everything
 >   that should be installed.


Scenario A is not rare. It may lead to scenario B.

Whilst B (with or without A) might not affect a base package, affected 
users might perceive the overall upgrade experience (including base) as 
unreliable.

HTH



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