Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2025 12:31:33 +0100 From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@FreeBSD.org> To: Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> Cc: grembo@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: changing from pkgbase to regularbase Message-ID: <86tsypvt2i.fsf@ltc.des.dev> In-Reply-To: <B528CAE4-2406-4ECE-B598-2ED8689B8977@yahoo.com> (Mark Millard's message of "Thu, 20 Nov 2025 00:44:37 -0800") References: <B528CAE4-2406-4ECE-B598-2ED8689B8977.ref@yahoo.com> <B528CAE4-2406-4ECE-B598-2ED8689B8977@yahoo.com>
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Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> writes: > Build and install a distinct kernel under a distinct name and > have /boot/loader.conf set kernel="KNAME" (for example). That > avoids updates messing each other up. Nothing says that you > have to boot a kernel that pkgbase supplied. You're overthinking things. You don't have to install the pkgbase kernel packages at all. > pkgbase uses /usr/src/ and usr/src/sys/ for its non-git source > code directory trees. So, for git use, some other directory path > should be used as the base for the git directory tree. Like the > independent kernel, this independent directory tree avoids > updates messing each other up as well. You're overthinking again. You don't have to install the pkgbase source packages at all. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - des@FreeBSD.org
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