Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2025 12:28:30 +0000 From: Sad Clouds <cryintothebluesky@gmail.com> To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Trying to understand base system packages Message-ID: <20251205122830.cb88058f193987b47a95a77c@gmail.com>
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Hi I'm trying to understand the new workflows associated with base packages on FreeBSD-15. I'd like to ask some questions: 1. Does "pkg upgrade" now upgrade both base and ports packages? If yes then what is the best way to override it and specify explicitly either base or ports? Is this the correct approach: # pkg upgrade -r FreeBSD-ports 2. Does "pkg upgrade" for base packages also merge etc files, or do I need to manually execute etcupdate? Looks like various etc files are split across different base packages. Is etcupdate even relevant anymore for upgrades? How does pkg handle merges for locally modified etc files? 3. In /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf FreeBSD-base is disabled by default. What is the reason for that? Do I need to manually enable it if I want "pkg upgrade" to upgrade base packages in the future? 4. Why am I not able to delete individual base packages: # pkg info | grep sendmail FreeBSD-libmilter-15.0 sendmail Mail Filter API library FreeBSD-libmilter-dev-15.0 sendmail Mail Filter API library (development files) FreeBSD-sendmail-15.0 sendmail mail transport agent # pkg delete FreeBSD-sendmail Cannot solve problem using SAT solver, trying another plan Cannot solve problem using SAT solver, trying another plan Cannot solve problem using SAT solver, trying another plan Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting) 1 packages requested for removal: 0 locked, 1 missing 5. When building from source and executing "make release" this creates the traditional *.txz files. In addition to these, how do I also generate all of the base packages as part of the release? There is release/pkgbase-repo directory that gets created but it is left empty. Is running "make packages" a prerequisite before "make release" for this to happen, or is there a different release target for base packages? 6. If I need to modify src.conf and build my own set of base packages, what is the recommended way to install/upgrade with these packages? Can I tell pkg to fetch the packages from a local directory? The pkg(8) command supports options like -c (chroot dir), -r (root dir), etc, but I'm confused on how it should be used. For example: I build a release for arm64/aarch64 on amd64, create a partition on microSD card and mount it under /mnt. I then execute "tar -C /mnt -xpUf base.txz" to install the base system. How do I replicate the above with pkg? Can anyone provide a quick example? Thanks.home | help
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