Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2026 16:50:41 +0200 From: Matias Pizarro <matias@pizarro.net> To: freebsd-pkgbase@freebsd.org, freebsd-pkgbase@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Moving to pkg-based in 15.1 ... Message-ID: <439B3749-A366-446E-B54C-3E4098F4CE72@pizarro.net> In-Reply-To: <86a4sot2l4.fsf@ltc.des.dev> References: <db84590d-4284-4a65-83bd-65b517fb783d@mgm51.com> <86a4sot2l4.fsf@ltc.des.dev>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Indeed, it has never been that simple and robust. You can also follow this guide: https://www.freebsd.org/releases/15.1R/installation/#upgrade-pkg On 21 June 2026 16:01:11 CEST, "Dag-Erling Smørgrav" <des@FreeBSD.org> wrote: >Mike <the.lists@mgm51.com> writes: >> Now, as I understand the pkgbase system, it has gotten a bit more >> complex. > >On the contrary... > >> I no longer see that easy ability to update from one patch level to >> the current patch level within the installed version. > >To upgrade a pkgbase system, simply run: > > # pkg upgrade > >or, if you want to upgrade _only_ the base system and leave the rest >untouched: > > # pkg upgrade -r FreeBSD-base > >This essentially replaces `freebsd-update fetch` and `freebsd-update >install` in your script, including the intervening prompt, and the rest >will work as before. If you want to get fancy, do: > > # pkg upgrade -r FreeBSD-base -Fy > >to download updated packagtes without installing them, then > > # pkg upgrade -r FreeBSD-base > >to prompt the user and install the downloaded packages. This will also >avoid a rare situation (very unlikely to occur with pkgbase on a release >branch) where pkg computes an upgrade plan, prompts the user, then >computes a different plan after examining the packages it downloaded and >prompts the user a second time. > >A reboot is always recommended, unless you know exactly what was updated >and can manually restart all affected services (or you know that none of >the services that you run are affected). That was always the case. > >> https://wiki.freebsd.org/PkgBase > >This is severely out of date and (like most of the wiki) was always more >of an internal roadmap than any sort of user documentation. > >DES >-- >Dag-Erling Smørgrav - des@FreeBSD.org > [-- Attachment #2 --] <html><head></head><body><div dir="auto">Indeed, it has never been that simple and robust. You can also follow this guide:<br><br><a href="https://www.freebsd.org/releases/15.1R/installation/#upgrade-pkg">https://www.freebsd.org/releases/15.1R/installation/#upgrade-pkg</a><br></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="auto">On 21 June 2026 16:01:11 CEST, "Dag-Erling Smørgrav" <des@FreeBSD.org> wrote:</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> <pre class="net-thunderbird-android__plain-text-message-pre"><div dir="auto">Mike <the.lists@mgm51.com> writes:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-bottom: 1ex; --net-thunderbird-android__blockquote-default-border-color: #729fcf;"><div dir="auto">Now, as I understand the pkgbase system, it has gotten a bit more<br>complex.<br></div></blockquote><div dir="auto"><br>On the contrary...<br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-bottom: 1ex; --net-thunderbird-android__blockquote-default-border-color: #729fcf;"><div dir="auto">I no longer see that easy ability to update from one patch level to<br>the current patch level within the installed version.<br></div></blockquote><div dir="auto"><br>To upgrade a pkgbase system, simply run:<br><br> # pkg upgrade<br><br>or, if you want to upgrade _only_ the base system and leave the rest<br>untouched:<br><br> # pkg upgrade -r FreeBSD-base<br><br>This essentially replaces `freebsd-update fetch` and `freebsd-update<br>install` in your script, including the intervening prompt, and the rest<br>will work as before. If you want to get fancy, do:<br><br> # pkg upgrade -r FreeBSD-base -Fy<br><br>to download updated packagtes without installing them, then<br><br> # pkg upgrade -r FreeBSD-base<br><br>to prompt the user and install the downloaded packages. This will also<br>avoid a rare situation (very unlikely to occur with pkgbase on a release<br>branch) where pkg computes an upgrade plan, prompts the user, then<br>computes a different plan after examining the packages it downloaded and<br>prompts the user a second time.<br><br>A reboot is always recommended, unless you know exactly what was updated<br>and can manually restart all affected services (or you know that none of<br>the services that you run are affected). That was always the case.<br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-bottom: 1ex; --net-thunderbird-android__blockquote-default-border-color: #729fcf;"><div dir="auto"><a href="https://wiki.freebsd.org/PkgBase">https://wiki.freebsd.org/PkgBase</a><br></div></blockquote><div dir="auto"><br>This is severely out of date and (like most of the wiki) was always more<br>of an internal roadmap than any sort of user documentation.<br><br>DES<br></div></pre></blockquote></div></body></html>home | help
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