Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2025 07:26:18 +0900 From: Tomoaki AOKI <junchoon@dec.sakura.ne.jp> To: Lexi Winter <ivy@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: avoiding wayland and pkgbase Message-ID: <20250819072618.6da29306203758f17690bc53@dec.sakura.ne.jp> In-Reply-To: <aKOmkSM2A3yFk7Nh@amaryllis.le-fay.org> References: <aKMvdkcU6TI3MWYN@int21h> <aKNI3UX_30rQ9Ocu@amaryllis.le-fay.org> <20250819071253.21c423b13b498156948bda43@dec.sakura.ne.jp> <aKOmkSM2A3yFk7Nh@amaryllis.le-fay.org>
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On Mon, 18 Aug 2025 23:17:53 +0100 Lexi Winter <ivy@freebsd.org> wrote: > Tomoaki AOKI: > > I'm not using PkgBase, so I could be mis-understanding, but if you want > > to use pkg to upgrade base in the future (means, switch from src upgrade > > to PkgBase, regardless with official repo or local repo), you'll need to > > package base to obtain info that pkg wants. > > we already have a tool to convert a non-pkgbase system to use pkgbase, > called pkgbasify. i don't think it's in base yet (there's an open > review) but it will be the supported method to upgrade to 15.0 with > pkgbase. Thanks for the info! > > So it would be nice to have a build knob WITH[OUT]_PKGBASE to configure > > whether "build -> package -> install via pkg" or "build -> install" > > to be done. > > if you want to build packages, you run 'make update-packages'; if you > don't want to build packages, you don't run 'make update-packages'. > there's no need for a build knob for that. > > building src will never upgrade any packages on your installed system. > you have to run 'pkg upgrade' to do that. > > > I'll use WITHOUT_PKGBASE as I'm using single computer with src upgrades > > and SSD for physical drive, thus, packaging everytime is not > > preferrable. > > as i said, nothing has changed if you want to continue to use > installkernel/installworld in 15.0. there's no need to set any > src knobs or change anything about how you build or upgrade. Glad to know. Hope this process is kept in future releases. Regards. -- Tomoaki AOKI <junchoon@dec.sakura.ne.jp>
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