From nobody Thu Nov 20 11:31:33 2025 X-Original-To: freebsd-current@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 4dBx535jjmz6HFB2 for ; Thu, 20 Nov 2025 11:31:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from des@freebsd.org) Received: from smtp.freebsd.org (smtp.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::24b:4]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.freebsd.org", Issuer "R13" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4dBx534fHdz3mSv; Thu, 20 Nov 2025 11:31:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from des@freebsd.org) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1763638295; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=z8NrdQoNLmV1hkKvnzbtm5PwVzWee4K9fidqpk7hF8o=; b=j5zlR1X2UYHoidrgCR3reSyRvUqvQLOJUy9pY3Ik8yVGlLavNkFijmx47toej6Xy3Fqq5U qo6yUF787HTIR3vNxUpe3twerj62RMlraX5KhitCiJxO6U9xiHLfjEp8rfPXkVsJAQh34Z SEIKhrd54Z3UofjIJXFY1YwiQL+ux58ejsBxXhsfXLDrpQuGqYhpmFMV7F7e4GVwPaqHuL rSUL1yLOwZuguHEz5tngKm0eNLpoW5Xb34Ul5LG/DP9BpIHciBlCfZY9UBuI4MjCxVPx1R nhj2U8wyDkjskDLlNczgrUOqgC+7cSoMDSWK11mkWtzuexV19ceT6C9JNKlmaQ== ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1763638295; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=z8NrdQoNLmV1hkKvnzbtm5PwVzWee4K9fidqpk7hF8o=; b=SCrll2aJ8FhJU7sp+n2Cq2hf/L5Ok8gNneu3VYYceUy2KMkr6y1GZqaoCV1SPu0rf7sTcX EZ0LcEg3JVi0zT9Xce3vpfvk0pRVCA10bCLRuOl0W0IvyykPZOvPyuNnH2MyIw/zidwchU 0W1vxYnBzteFrqLoBbyK3m2rDD6yF3iPirDsXmXuhB4ZZXQQI0psaDCQJY3EEh/E3y0YWq Gz8tHBEjiHAs6m8lpeNea4hxm3CdPy0XWxX4h1AxKDjs6rdDPJsgi+dvaUy4iECnBA4Vv6 xLciiC+Npn9eHo8ijWlfNTQIB1Sitwat5cfV75T77Y+0I3F06X+gEJCDm3fjCw== ARC-Seal: i=1; s=dkim; d=freebsd.org; t=1763638295; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; b=p/sqnWhkyRBvymJJnv7VPSMIb8iIQpP7v0S5/GA9wbzYwFcokH0YtvSw7Zde1NgRBIIXMg xEU9BdzcYVe4rUPRjIZ91nd+T76bHJNRun79iaNpb9gTDwIWJXBG3y+kskJpvt/DNvY9K+ 1unN6aOmqN4cEx9CmDIpV/yPRKEfeAjIe87qAVJhi6DoQqzUD9BcYe6+5einY9DaeA7883 92Aq91j8zQzKxqSLfAS1Q0Su0gNETfy0Eiy8UTxhc16J+raewfVTJQsw3935P0Tll9uLTa iXueppsZtXIURpuwPRSZIAwGolu8uSpayyBIEPkcpxfp2y5omFz8zC0nERU0kw== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx1.freebsd.org; none Received: from ltc.des.dev (lfbn-nan-1-698-103.w86-236.abo.wanadoo.fr [86.236.35.103]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: des) by smtp.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4dBx533JBKzwN4; Thu, 20 Nov 2025 11:31:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from des@freebsd.org) Received: by ltc.des.dev (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 2AD37A6326; Thu, 20 Nov 2025 12:31:33 +0100 (CET) From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= To: Mark Millard Cc: grembo@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Current Subject: Re: changing from pkgbase to regularbase In-Reply-To: (Mark Millard's message of "Thu, 20 Nov 2025 00:44:37 -0800") References: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2025 12:31:33 +0100 Message-ID: <86tsypvt2i.fsf@ltc.des.dev> List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-current List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mark Millard writes: > Build and install a distinct kernel under a distinct name and > have /boot/loader.conf set kernel=3D"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 --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@FreeBSD.org