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Date:      Sat, 22 Nov 2025 00:39:25 +0000
From:      Lexi Winter <ivy@freebsd.org>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: changing from pkgbase to regularbase
Message-ID:  <aSEGPTtrfV29u9R9@amaryllis.le-fay.org>
In-Reply-To: <aR3Rc_5llfvlEjIo@int21h>
References:  <aR3Rc_5llfvlEjIo@int21h>

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void wrote in <aR3Rc_5llfvlEjIo@int21h>:
> A newly installed system was installed with pkgbase
> It was then upgraded via source with git.
> This is very recent 16:current amd64.
> 
> When it came to installkernel, it was suggested to
> set env DESTDIR=/ which was done and then
> installkernel proceeded normally.
> The same thing with installworld.

the point of this warning was to prevent people from running "make
installworld" on a pkgbase system.  apparently, the warning was not
sufficient...

if you want to update using "make installworld", you should not install
using pkgbase.  instead, install using distribution sets.

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