Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 07:27:00 +0000 From: Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com> To: freebsd-pkg@freebsd.org Subject: The --rootdir option (was: pkg-repositories(8) and the --rootdir option of pkg(8)) Message-ID: <c1fa51f2-6ed6-4fd6-913c-2c1458129890@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <c20bb8ca-0daf-4532-93f5-c7ee2850ed2e@yahoo.com> References: <a8dbff88-d8fa-418d-bc95-455f5b8bbba7@gmail.com> <c20bb8ca-0daf-4532-93f5-c7ee2850ed2e@yahoo.com>
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Interesting, On 16/03/2026 02:54, Mark Millard wrote: > … > > It might be that you were after --chroot instead? > > … For upgrade purposes, when working with a temporarily mounted boot environment, I always refrained from using --chroot (because I found --rootdir more streamlined). I performed hundreds of upgrades, never noticed a problem with --rootdir in that context. In retrospect: maybe I never took this approach for a major upgrade, or a switch from RELEASE to STABLE. Thanks, Mark. <https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pkg&sektion=8&manpath=freebsd-ports#OPTIONS>;home | help
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