Re: PKGBASE Upgrade 15.0-RELEASE to 15.1-BETA2

Schrodinger ZHU Yifan <[email protected]> Mon, 11 May 2026 20:36:22 +0000

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Notice that ppl may not be using drm-latest-kmods, which requires manually updating. From what I have experienced, drm-XX-kmods will cause trouble.


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-------- Original Message --------
On Monday, 05/11/26 at 16:02 Mark Millard <[email protected]> wrote:
On 5/10/26 17:53, Mark Millard wrote:
> On 5/10/26 14:53, vermaden wrote:
>>> It's possible to do this without modifying the config files
>>> using `-o ABI=...  -o OSVERSION=1501000 ...`
>>> People should also update ports (to get latest pkg),
>>> also kmods if required.
>>
>> Agreed.
>>
>> Thank You for suggestions.
>>
>> I added UPDATE 1 with information how to do upgrade w/o modifying the config files:
>>
>> - https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/05/10/freebsd-pkgbase-minor-upgrades#UPDATE1
>>
>> I also added additional info about updating boot code - both 'BIOS' and 'UEFI'.
>>
>> One thing that bothers me ...
>>
>> This:
>>
>> host # pkg -o ABI=FreeBSD:15:$(uname -m) \
>
> uname -m is wrong here for general use: in an aarch64 context "aarch64"
> needs to be the result. But:
>
> # uname -m
> arm64
>
> # uname -p
> aarch64
>
> A similar point goes for armv7:
>
> # uname -m
> arm
>
> # uname -p
> armv7
>
> powerpc* has similar naming distinctions.
>
> amd64 happens to have the same text for both.
> Simialrly, i386 has the same output for both.
>
>>            -o OSVERSION=1501000 \
>>            --chroot=/tmp/NEW \
>>            upgrade
>>
>>  ... as I specify '-o OSVERSION=1501000' option for pkg(8) ... why '-o ABI=FreeBSD:15:$(uname -m)' is also needed to make it work? The '15' part or '${ARCH}' part does not change ...
>>
>> I mean - I know this is a pkg(8) design decision - just do not see logic in it.
>
> The:
>
> </usr/local/poudriere/jails/release15p1-aarch64/etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf>
>
> in my context, that was automatically supplied, includes the text
> (warning: extra line wrapping):
>
> FreeBSD-base: {
>   url: "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/base_release_${VERSION_MINOR}",
>   mirror_type: "srv",
>   signature_type: "fingerprints",
>   fingerprints: "/usr/share/keys/pkgbase-${VERSION_MAJOR}",
>   enabled: no
> }
>
> Similarly for the 15.0-RELEASE-p* poudriere-devel jail.
>
> Note the notation: ${VERSION_MINOR} . For it:
>
> OSVERSION=1501000 leads to ${VERSION_MINOR} == "1"
> OSVERSION=1500000 leads to ${VERSION_MINOR} == "0"
>
> ${ABI} does not supply that information and pkg guessing/defaulting to
> 1500000 when OSVERSION is unspecified would be wrong for an upgrade to
> 15.1 . Such needs ${VERSION_MINOR} == "1" .
>
> A point here is that with OSVERSION correctly specified, the url text
> for FreeBSD-base does not need to be edited or overridden in another
> file to do the upgrade. (More later below.)
>
> After booting the upgraded install, OSVERSION=1501000 becomes the
> default, no longer accessing base_release_0 .
>
> (I'm not aware of any use of the last 3 digits of OSVERSION for this
> context: ignored as far as I know.)

I got that wrong. For example, in 1404500 the "5" (or [6-9]) indicates
"-STABLE" So: 14.4-STABLE . It is another thing that the ABI does not
indicate of itself.

It is really the last 2 digits that I should have referenced as
potentially ignored.

>
> Another point is that pkg 2.7.5 has the likes of:
>
> # pkg upgrade -rFreeBSD-base
> and
> # pkg install -rFreeBSD-base  . . .
>
> working, overriding the "enabled: no" from the command line and
> disabling the ones not listed on the command line, again no edit or
> alternate file needed for overriding such.
>
>>
>> Regards,
>> vermaden
>>
>>
>
>


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