Re: RFC: Renaming "FreeBSD" repo in /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf to "FreeBSD-ports"
Matteo Riondato <[email protected]>
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> On Aug 19, 2025, at 8:25 PM, Colin Percival <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. Why is then this file named “FreeBSD.conf” ? It is unclear to me what the “FreeBSD” part of the filename is supposed to reflect, if this is just a file for configuring pkg. Perhaps this issue will be cleared after the FreeBSD -> FreeBSD-ports renaming. Thanks, Matteo