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On 2/22/26 18:35, Graham Perrin wrote:
> On 23/02/2026 01:22, Theron wrote:
>> … Performing base system upgrade without caring what has happened or
>> will happen to ports packages is the feature that should be preserved.  …
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> pkg upgrade --repository FreeBSD-base
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> Issue 2414 is probably fixed, I have not seen symptoms in recent months.
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Have you deliberately had installed port-packages that depend on files
being replaced or removed for FreeBSD-base ?

This kind of port-package removal activity is more likely for things
like a 15.0-RELEASE* to 15.1-RELEASE (releng/15.0/ tracking) type of
FreeBSD-base upgrade than for to a 15.0-RELEASE-p* upgrade, for example.
Of course, a 15.0-RELEASE* to a 16.0-RELEASE* upgrade will likely
involve far more potential for far more examples.

As far as frequency goes, stable/15/ tracking updates would likely have
more frequent examples than releng/15.0/ would.

In summary: Which type of evidence is your judgment based on? (I've not
been doing anything that gives me any notable evidence of the status.)


There is also the issue of "pkg upgrade --repository FreeBSD-base"  not
doing an implicit pkg update from the upstream status information for
FreeBSD-base unless FreeBSD-base is already enabled at the time
--despite how such was documented.


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