Date: Wed, 27 May 2026 19:26:32 -0700 From: Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> To: Manfred Koch <md-koch@t-online.de>, freebsd-pkgbase@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: different outcome freebsd-version -kru Message-ID: <ae82f33b-312f-4f8e-af3f-1fb0ebbc91b8@yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <b0e825dd-7244-440d-b438-0b9f41f4762e@yahoo.com> References: <07c33cf7-8a08-4f09-9084-419eaa29e1ec@t-online.de> <cf36d9e5-c9a4-4688-b28c-447a427554bc@yahoo.com> <0018e700-40f3-4e60-9b14-bf649f3102b1@t-online.de> <8ABC7D71-7FFA-4B50-9868-78436322B503@yahoo.com> <b32553fa-83a4-4f0a-b9d5-dc038691fd17@t-online.de> <b0e825dd-7244-440d-b438-0b9f41f4762e@yahoo.com>
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On 5/27/26 17:03, Mark Millard wrote: > On 5/27/26 12:28, Manfred Koch wrote: >> On 5/26/26 22:58, Mark Millard wrote: >> >>> pkg info FreeBSD-kernel\* >> >> Hi, >> >> here are the outputs from the commands: >> >> pkg info FreeBSD-kernel\* >> FreeBSD-kernel-man-15.0 > > The above (and below) indicates that you got a partial pkgbase install > (some pkgbase pkackages) but without any kernels (or related modules > that those pkgbase packages also provide). The created a mixed system > with older, non-packaged kernels. > > I expect that you will be able to simply install the kernel(s) (with the > modules that go with them) that you want from 15.0-RELEASE-p9, given > what already has worked to get what you have . It may rename any old > kernels and modules in /boot/kernel*/ that match by name to have a > .pkgsave at the end of the name. Those you should be able to delete once > things are known to be working alright. I doubt that it would instead > create the new files as instead having a .pkgnew added to the end of > the intended name. > > Another thing to possibly report would be the output from: > > # pkg info FreeBSD-set-\* > > If that ends up without and FreeBSD-set-* being listed, then my below > guess would be wrong. > > My guess is that you have an installation based on use of such sets. > If so, continuing do use them to get the kernel(s) (and modules) as well > would be: > > # pkg install FreeBSD-set-kernels-15.0 > > (Such pkg sets just reference other pkgbase packages, so it should lead > to the kernel pkg's being installed.) > > I do not know if you would want the debug information too: > > # pkg install FreeBSD-set-kernels-dbg-15.0 By the way, a way to see what pkgbase packages the set FreeBSD-set-kernels-15.0 directly references: # pkg info -d FreeBSD-set-kernels-15.0 > > Once you have new kernels, if such works, you get to reboot and see what > happens. So you may want to have emergency copies of things you know the > status of before you start this process. > > I will note that I do not have a 15.0-RELEASE context myself. The > closest is stable/15 based instead of releng/15.0 based and is > definitely newer in various respects. And my installation has all the > pgkbase packages for stable/15 as of when it was last updated, even ones > not used by bsdinstall. > >> >> pkg info -d FreeBSD-clibs\* >> FreeBSD-clibs-15.0: >> FreeBSD-clibs-dev-15.0p9: >> FreeBSD-clibs-15.0 >> FreeBSD-clibs-15.0 (libc.so.7) >> FreeBSD-clibs-15.0 (libgcc_s.so.1) >> gcc13-13.3.0_3 (libgcc_s.so.1) >> gcc14-14.2.0_4 (libgcc_s.so.1) > > Note: Ignore the gcc* examples. it is a known issue with file name > matching for libgcc_s.so.1 being insufficient information to actually > make them a match for the system's libgcc_s.so.1 : false positive. > >> FreeBSD-clibs-15.0 (libsys.so.7) >> FreeBSD-clibs-15.0 (libthr.so.3) >> FreeBSD-clibs-lib32-15.0: >> FreeBSD-clibs-15.0 >> >> pkg check -s -a >> >> Checking all packages: 100% > > The above only checked that what was installed via pkg is still valid. > It would not report things that pkg did not itself install from > packages. Still, the 100% without problem reports is good news. > >> >> Additionally I have altered FreeBSD-base.conf consistent to "latest" >> but that doesn't change nothing in uname -a. > > latest vs. quarterly is a port-package issue, not a sys†em or > base-package issue. uname provides system information, not ports > information. > >> >> Could be a mixed System >> >> Thanks a lot for your effort >> Manfred >> >> >> >> > > -- === Mark Millard marklmi at yahoo.comhome | help
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