Seeing FreeBSD base updates like that in pkg still feels foreign (and I did of course type "freebsd-update fetch" before, which doesn't work anymore 😅)

But so far, it works flawlessly on my 15-STABLE system

#freebsd #pkgbase #desktop #update

Seeing FreeBSD base updates like that in pkg still feels foreign (and I did of course type "freebsd-update fetch" before, which doesn't work anymore 😅)

But so far, it works flawlessly on my 15-STABLE system

#freebsd #pkgbase #desktop #update

Fresh 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗣𝗞𝗚𝗕𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 [Brave New PKGBASE World] article on vermaden.wordpress.com blog.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/brave-new-pkgbase-world/

#verblog #bectl #desktop #freebsd #laptop #packages #pkg #pkgbase #server #update #upgrade

Fresh 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗣𝗞𝗚𝗕𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 [Brave New PKGBASE World] article on vermaden.wordpress.com blog.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/brave-new-pkgbase-world/

#verblog #bectl #desktop #freebsd #laptop #packages #pkg #pkgbase #server #update #upgrade

There has been a bit of confusion for those that are trying to follow the #FreeBSD 15.0 Alpha/Beta releases while using #pkgbase. The repo URL is incorrect and will continue to track snapshot. To reverse this so it tracks all releases within the 15.0 track, modify the FreeBSD-base.conf repo to use base_release_0 instead of base_latest URL:

--- /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD-base.conf.sample 2025-10-20 20:10:29.264198000 +1100
+++ /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD-base.conf 2025-10-20 20:10:39.721732000 +1100
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ FreeBSD-base: {
FreeBSD-base: {
- url: "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/base_latest",
+ url: "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/base_release_0",
mirror_type: "srv",
signature_type: "fingerprints",
fingerprints: "/usr/share/keys/pkg",

There has been a bit of confusion for those that are trying to follow the #FreeBSD 15.0 Alpha/Beta releases while using #pkgbase. The repo URL is incorrect and will continue to track snapshot. To reverse this so it tracks all releases within the 15.0 track, modify the FreeBSD-base.conf repo to use base_release_0 instead of base_latest URL:

--- /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD-base.conf.sample 2025-10-20 20:10:29.264198000 +1100
+++ /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD-base.conf 2025-10-20 20:10:39.721732000 +1100
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ FreeBSD-base: {
FreeBSD-base: {
- url: "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/base_latest",
+ url: "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/base_release_0",
mirror_type: "srv",
signature_type: "fingerprints",
fingerprints: "/usr/share/keys/pkg",

FreeBSD 15.0-ALPHA4 Now Available

<https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-stable/2025-September/003265.html>

― FREEBSD-UPDATE SHOULD NOT BE USED TO UPGRADE TO 15.0-ALPHA4 AT PRESENT.

<https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1ns5onx/comment/ngjiwl9/> pictures a successful major upgrade that used pkg instead of freebsd-update.

#FreeBSD #alpha #test #install #upgrade #pkg #pkgbase

FreeBSD 15.0-ALPHA4 Now Available

<https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-stable/2025-September/003265.html>

― FREEBSD-UPDATE SHOULD NOT BE USED TO UPGRADE TO 15.0-ALPHA4 AT PRESENT.

<https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1ns5onx/comment/ngjiwl9/> pictures a successful major upgrade that used pkg instead of freebsd-update.

#FreeBSD #alpha #test #install #upgrade #pkg #pkgbase

FreeBSD: pkgbase: major upgrades

<https://gist.github.com/grahamperrin/a58edbb8587af513a154ac01d922f611#file-pkgbase-major-upgrade-md-readme>

― a rough guide, for alpha testing on AMD64.

From <https://redd.it/1nlo8lp>:

❮ An obvious response to the roughness: it's more complicated than legacy freebsd-update(8) (for FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE). True; this is for alpha testing.

Please read the preamble before anything else. If you have any question, please don't hesitate to ask. ❯

#FreeBSD #pkg #pkgbase #alpha

FreeBSD: pkgbase: major upgrades

<https://gist.github.com/grahamperrin/a58edbb8587af513a154ac01d922f611#file-pkgbase-major-upgrade-md-readme>

― a rough guide, for alpha testing on AMD64.

From <https://redd.it/1nlo8lp>:

❮ An obvious response to the roughness: it's more complicated than legacy freebsd-update(8) (for FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE). True; this is for alpha testing.

Please read the preamble before anything else. If you have any question, please don't hesitate to ask. ❯

#FreeBSD #pkg #pkgbase #alpha

sysctl vm.pageout_oom_seq=120

― for FreeBSD on slow storage.

Pictured: a 2828-step forced reinstallation of 1534 packages – 568 FreeBSD-base, 966 FreeBSD-ports – with root-on-ZFS, 8 G swap, and less than 1 GB memory.

FreeBSD 15.0-PRERELEASE on AMD64 with KDE Plasma and applications, SDDM, and a few other things from the ports collection.

ZFS is not tuned in any way.

zfs --version
zfs-2.4.0-rc1-FreeBSD_g00dfa094a
zfs-kmod-2.4.0-zfs-2.4.0-rc1-FreeBSD_g00dfa094a

<https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-pkg/2025-September/001466.html> | <https://mail-archive.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?4e12afdc-7bcf-4a25-94b3-fe1562469ed9>

#FreeBSD #pkg #pkgbase #memory #swap

sysctl vm.pageout_oom_seq=120

― for FreeBSD on slow storage.

Pictured: a 2828-step forced reinstallation of 1534 packages – 568 FreeBSD-base, 966 FreeBSD-ports – with root-on-ZFS, 8 G swap, and less than 1 GB memory.

FreeBSD 15.0-PRERELEASE on AMD64 with KDE Plasma and applications, SDDM, and a few other things from the ports collection.

ZFS is not tuned in any way.

zfs --version
zfs-2.4.0-rc1-FreeBSD_g00dfa094a
zfs-kmod-2.4.0-zfs-2.4.0-rc1-FreeBSD_g00dfa094a

<https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-pkg/2025-September/001466.html> | <https://mail-archive.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?4e12afdc-7bcf-4a25-94b3-fe1562469ed9>

#FreeBSD #pkg #pkgbase #memory #swap

For swift, friendly, professional bug reporting and responses, special thanks to:

— /u/vivekkhera in Reddit

— Lexi Winter

— Baptiste Daroussin.

@lw @bapt cc @emaste

#ThankYouTuesday#FreeBSD #pkgbase

For swift, friendly, professional bug reporting and responses, special thanks to:

— /u/vivekkhera in Reddit

— Lexi Winter

— Baptiste Daroussin.

@lw @bapt cc @emaste

#ThankYouTuesday#FreeBSD #pkgbase

#FreeBSD #pkgbase

#FreeBSD #pkgbase

An in-place #FreeBSD pkg-base conversion completed successfully. I wouldn't want to do that to a large fleet (not sure how you'd ansible it), but will be a lot easier for new builds. #pkgbase

An in-place #FreeBSD pkg-base conversion completed successfully. I wouldn't want to do that to a large fleet (not sure how you'd ansible it), but will be a lot easier for new builds. #pkgbase

As #FreeBSD moves from far-from-perfect freebsd-update(8) to #PKGBASE that will be handled by separate pkg(8) repository - keep in mind that #FreeBSD will still have its #Base#System separate from third party pkg(8) packages.

Some details below.