From nobody Wed Apr 1 16:10:20 2026 X-Original-To: freebsd-pkgbase@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4fm9243hPGz6Y3mL; Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:10:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ziaee@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mailtransmit04.runbox.com (mailtransmit04.runbox.com [IPv6:2a0c:5a00:149::25]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (prime256v1) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4fm9224NvPz3p5D; Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:10:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ziaee@FreeBSD.org) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=fail reason="No valid SPF, No valid DKIM" header.from=freebsd.org (policy=none); spf=softfail (mx1.freebsd.org: 2a0c:5a00:149::25 is neither permitted nor denied by domain of ziaee@FreeBSD.org) smtp.mailfrom=ziaee@FreeBSD.org Received: from mailtransmit02.runbox ([10.9.9.162] helo=aibo.runbox.com) by mailtransmit04.runbox.com with esmtps (TLS1.2) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (Exim 4.93) (envelope-from ) id 1w7y9C-008DLD-EP; Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:10:26 +0200 Received: from [10.9.9.129] (helo=rmmprod07.runbox) by mailtransmit02.runbox with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1w7y97-0004IW-0Q; Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:10:21 +0200 Received: from mail by rmmprod07.runbox with local (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1w7y96-00010Q-UE; Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:10:20 +0200 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable List-Id: Packaging the FreeBSD base system List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-pkgbase List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-pkgbase@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: from [Authenticated alias (960477)] by runbox.com with http (RMM6); Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:10:20 GMT From: "Alexander Ziaee" To: "vermaden" , "Lexi Winter" , "freebsd-pkgbase" , "freebsd-hackers" Subject: Re: Custom Kernel PKGBASE Package Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:10:20 +0000 (UTC) X-RMM-Aliasid: 960477 X-Mailer: RMM6 In-Reply-To: Message-Id: X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-2.66 / 15.00]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.99)[-0.993]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.57)[-0.572]; DMARC_POLICY_SOFTFAIL(0.10)[freebsd.org : No valid SPF, No valid DKIM,none]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW(-0.10)[2a0c:5a00:149::25:from]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; FREEFALL_USER(0.00)[ziaee]; ASN(0.00)[asn:50304, ipnet:2a0c:5a00::/29, country:NO]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; FREEMAIL_TO(0.00)[interia.pl,freebsd.org]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-pkgbase@freebsd.org,freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[4]; R_SPF_SOFTFAIL(0.00)[~all]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[4] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4fm9224NvPz3p5D X-Spamd-Bar: -- On 2026-03-14 14:48 -04:00 EDT, "vermaden" wrote: >=20 >> 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. >> >=20 >> > Even for the first time I should run 'make update-packages' >> > instead 'make packages'? >>=20=20 >> if there's no existing repository it makes no difference, so it's >> simplest to always use update-packages and never use make packages. >=20 > 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=