Re: How to upgrade a 15.0 pkgbase system to 15.1?

Hi Lexi,

You are absolutely correct. This was my mistake. I relied on AI
instead of checking the handbook and confused a pkgbase system with a
distribution-set-based installation.

Apologies for the noise.



On Wed, 17 Jun 2026 at 15:36, Lexi Winter <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Tamás Nagy wrote in <CACyGuju_TdrjZRsxhxo3D1ui7OWvU01DPrNKzf2-SzGpSnE5Ag@mail.gmail.com>:
> > I am following the link
> > "https://www.freebsd.org/releases/15.1R/upgrading/#upgrade-pkg", but
> > the command "pkg -oABI=FreeBSD:15:$(uname -p) -oOSVERSION=1501000
> > upgrade -r FreeBSD-base" is not working on my 15.0.
> >
> > 1. The handbook does not say that "FreeBSD-base" must be enabled which
> > is disabled by default. This is very confusing.
>
> if FreeBSD-base is not enabled, then you are not using pkgbase and
> should not follow the pkgbase upgrade instructions.
>
> (or you've somehow managed to install from pkgbase then disable the
> FreeBSD-base repository, but i don't know how that could happen.)