Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 11:06:23 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 292778] SA & EN - 15.0 Security and Errata: no pkgbase upgrade information Message-ID: <bug-292778-227@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=292778 Bug ID: 292778 Summary: SA & EN - 15.0 Security and Errata: no pkgbase upgrade information Product: Base System Version: 15.0-RELEASE Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Some People Priority: --- Component: misc Assignee: bugs@FreeBSD.org Reporter: erichanskrs@gmail.com A "SA-EN-pkgbase" binary upgrade procedure/option is not documented in: (1) the SA-s and EN-s themselves (2) the FreeBSD Handbook (3) the pkgbase wiki (4) freebsd-update(8) Since FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE, a package based OS (i.e. pkgbase), is officially supported. However, the missing "pkgbase" upgrade procedure might suggest otherwise. AFAIK, only freebsd-base(7) mentions it briefly in its description. - ad (1) 2025-12-17 the first EN and SA series were announced[*], 2026-01-27 the second EN and SA series were announced; here, users are offered only the binary upgrade path through using freebsd-update(8). - ad (2) The Handbook does not suggest otherwise, the appropriate section: https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/book/#freebsdupdate-security-patches does not mention it. In https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/book/#_upgrading_a_host_using_freebsd_base SA-s and ER-s are not mentioned and the user is left only to deduce that this is to be used for the "Tech Preview"; something FreeBSD users new to pkgbase are likely to overlook. - ad (3) and (4) The only "official" reference from an unsuccessful attempt of using freebsd-update fetch is in its error output message: https://wiki.freebsd.org/PkgBase that, wrt Security Advisories and Errata Notices, contains only: " Goals, and additional unresolved issues [...] - A strategy must be well thought out and implemented on how to handle Security Advisories and Errata Notices, from when a change gets committed to a releng branch to how updated packages are made available on mirrors " That doesn't seem all that helpful to me. While the freebsd-update(8) cannot be used in a pkgbase OS, I suggest: - change to output of freebsd-update fetch referencing valid documentation wrt to binary upgrade in general and SA-s and EN-s in particular. - extend its DESCRIPTION in that it is only suited for a non-pkgbase system, i.e. based on traditional distribution sets - mention the binary upgrade & patch procedure with a valid reference ___ [*] see also: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-pkgbase/2025-December/001162.html -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.home | help
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