Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2025 09:14:09 +0000 From: Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com> To: freebsd-pkgbase@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: pkg-unregister(8) (was: changing from pkgbase to regularbase) Message-ID: <31ff927f-1193-48d5-bf7c-6a78b6283cb7@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <aR3Rc_5llfvlEjIo@int21h>
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On 19/11/2025 14:17, void wrote to freebsd-current: > A newly installed system was installed with pkgbase … > … to properly un-pkgbase things? With pkg 2.5.0 you can: pkg unregister --force --glob 'FreeBSD-*' A careless example, after using VirtualBox to take a snapshot of a guest (force is not generally recommended): root@maximal:~ # freebsd-update fetch freebsd-update is incompatible with the use of packaged base. Please see https://wiki.freebsd.org/PkgBase for more information. root@maximal:~ # pkg unregister --force --quiet --yes --glob 'FreeBSD-*' root@maximal:~ # freebsd-update fetch freebsd-update: Cannot upgrade from a version that is not a release (including alpha, beta and release candidates) using freebsd-update. Instead, FreeBSD can be directly upgraded by source or upgraded to a RELEASE/RELENG version prior to running freebsd-update. Currently running: 16.0-CURRENT root@maximal:~ # pkg -v 2.5.0 root@maximal:~ # env IGNORE_OSVERSION=yes pkg bootstrap -f The package management tool is not yet installed on your system. Do you want to fetch and install it now? [y/N]: y Bootstrapping pkg from pkg+https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:16:amd64/latest, please wait... Verifying signature with trusted certificate pkg.freebsd.org.2013102301... done Installing pkg-2.5.1... package pkg is already installed, forced install Extracting pkg-2.5.1: 100% root@maximal:~ # Additional information: at and around <https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin/115774564178181702>.home | help
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