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Date:      Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:06:03 +0100
From:      David Chisnall <theraven@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Kurt Jaeger <pi@freebsd.org>
Cc:        vermaden <vermaden@interia.pl>, "freebsd-current@freebsd.org" <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Building VM-IMAGE(s) from Source
Message-ID:  <43EE066F-5E8E-4FC5-AD57-F50356107AD8@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <aeC7PdYb_k0fDpm0@fc.opsec.eu>
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On 16 Apr 2026, at 11:34, Kurt Jaeger <pi@freebsd.org> wrote:
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>> 
>> For every other use case, `poudriere image` is a far more flexible tool (does custom builds, can do base-system overlays, install packages, build packages from ports-tree overlays, and so on), so why would you write a tool that does a small subset of what it does?
> 
> The man page poudriere-image(8) (of 3.4.7) says:
> 
>     WARNING: This feature is still considered ALPHA.

It’s said that for many years, yet has worked well for most of that time.  Probably time to fix the man page...

David



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