Re: RFC: Renaming "FreeBSD" repo in /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf to "FreeBSD-ports"

On 8/19/25 17:17, Mark Millard wrote:
> Colin Percival <cperciva_at_freebsd.org> wrote:
>> With pkgbase being the intended way for users to manage 15.0 systems,
>> the current default /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf gives rise to confusion: It
>> defines a "FreeBSD" pkg repository which is in fact specifically bits
>> maintained *outside* of FreeBSD (and packaged via the ports tree).
> 
> Not that I consider an appropriate answer obvious, but
> the file names as well as the content in the file? :
> 
> /etc/pkg/FreeBSD-ports.conf ?

I wasn't planning on changing the file name, no.

> The adjusted file naming would tend to suggest a separate file
> for pkgbase content.
> 
> Naming left as it is might suggest all in one file, pkgbase
> included.

Right, I don't see any reason for having separate files.  If I thought people
might want to delete one of them (e.g. rm /etc/pkg/FreeBSD-base.conf in order
to disable pkgbase) then I would separate them; but the recommended way to
disable a repository is with an {enabled: no} in /usr/local/etc/pkg/ so I
don't see any need to separate these.

(But it's not a silly question -- there was some discussion in phabricator
just recently about how we should distribute the base system pkg.conf file.
That's next on my list after the FreeBSD -> FreeBSD-ports renaming...)

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Colin Percival
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