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Date:      Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:10:20 +0000 (UTC)
From:      "Alexander Ziaee" <ziaee@FreeBSD.org>
To:        "vermaden" <vermaden@interia.pl>, "Lexi Winter" <ivy@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-pkgbase" <freebsd-pkgbase@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-hackers" <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Custom Kernel PKGBASE Package
Message-ID:  <E1w7y96-00010Q-UE@rmmprod07.runbox>
In-Reply-To: <hekubrxnyqktdhvkuvxd@xvmo>

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On 2026-03-14 14:48 -04:00 EDT, "vermaden" <vermaden@interia.pl> wrote:
> 
>> vermaden wrote in :
>> > > you almost certainly want to be using make update-packages here
>> > > (see build(7)) to avoid changing the version number of packages
>> > > whose contents haven't changed.
>> > 
>> > Even for the first time I should run 'make update-packages'
>> > instead 'make packages'?
>>  
>> if there's no existing repository it makes no difference, so it's
>> simplest to always use update-packages and never use make packages.
> 
> Yep - that simplifies things ... and automation/scripting :)

I have a draft up to put this in the manual:

https://reviews.freebsd.org/D56217

Best,
Alex

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