Date: Mon, 5 May 2025 11:58:52 -0900 From: Chuck Tuffli <ctuffli@gmail.com> To: Joseph Mingrone <jrm@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-pkgbase@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CFT: pkgbase support in 15.0 Message-ID: <CAKAYmMLu9HUbqNgoe=Qj9RSarWSBsm5pBqD1TqtDm3abcwZ3=A@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <86a57t3cfu.fsf@asn.ftfl.ca>
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On Sat, May 3, 2025 at 7:07 AM Joseph Mingrone <jrm@freebsd.org> wrote: ... > We encourage everyone to test pkgbase on spare or test hardware, using > either the installer from one of the latest 15.0 snapshot images [2] or > pkgbasify. Please note that while most of the preliminary feedback has > been positive, this work is still experimental; you should only test on > systems you can afford to lose and reinstall. > > Some outstanding work is planned: > - FreeBSD handbook documentation > - Offline installation support (install media packages) > - Working bootonly.iso > - Pkgbase-based local and cloud VM images. One aspect of running pkg-base I've found tricky is figuring out which package provides a missing binary, library, or man page. The port pkg-provides answers this type of question for ports, but (seemingly) not for pkg-base (unless I'm being dumb?). Are there plans to add this type of support? Alternatively, if I'm being dumb, can someone point me at some docs? TIA --chuckhome | help
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