Added 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲 [Problem to Solve] section to 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗣𝗞𝗚𝗕𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 [Brave New PKGBASE World] article.

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

#verblog #freebsd #pkgbase #pkg #update #upgrade

Added 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲 [Problem to Solve] section to 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗣𝗞𝗚𝗕𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 [Brave New PKGBASE World] article.

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

#verblog #freebsd #pkgbase #pkg #update #upgrade

Another successful #pkg upgrade of #FreeBSD from 15.0-RC2 to 15.0-RC3. Time taken, < 30 seconds.

Another successful #pkg upgrade of #FreeBSD from 15.0-RC2 to 15.0-RC3. Time taken, < 30 seconds.

pkg query --evaluate '%o = base' '%o\n\n%e\n\n----\n\n'

Why does it not get descriptions of installed base packages?

pkg-query(8)

<https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pkg-query&sektion=8&manpath=freebsd-ports>

#FreeBSD #pkg #help

pkg query --evaluate '%o = base' '%o\n\n%e\n\n----\n\n'

Why does it not get descriptions of installed base packages?

pkg-query(8)

<https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pkg-query&sektion=8&manpath=freebsd-ports>

#FreeBSD #pkg #help

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

Possible regression in FreeBSD Installer:

https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1nyu2ky/comment/nhym5mw/

#FreeBSD #alpha #pkg #KDE #Plasma

Possible regression in FreeBSD Installer:

https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1nyu2ky/comment/nhym5mw/

#FreeBSD #alpha #pkg #KDE #Plasma

FreeBSD Installer: using the installer's offline packages

https://gist.github.com/grahamperrin/7a72a9c8eeedca80c266e279f057b47a#file-freebsd-installer-offline-packages-md-readme

#FreeBSD #packages #pkg

FreeBSD Installer: using the installer's offline packages

https://gist.github.com/grahamperrin/7a72a9c8eeedca80c266e279f057b47a#file-freebsd-installer-offline-packages-md-readme

#FreeBSD #packages #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

New 𝗧𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗕𝗦𝗗 [Torrent on FreeBSD] article on vermaden.wordpress.com blog.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/08/31/torrent-on-freebsd/

#verblog #aria2c #freebsd #pkg #qbittorrent #torrent #transmission

New 𝗧𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗕𝗦𝗗 [Torrent on FreeBSD] article on vermaden.wordpress.com blog.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/08/31/torrent-on-freebsd/

#verblog #aria2c #freebsd #pkg #qbittorrent #torrent #transmission