Re: FreeBSD 15.1-RC3 Now Available

On June 20, 2026 9:12:15 PM GMT+03:00, Harry Schmalzbauer <freebsd@omnilan=
=2Ede> wrote:
>On 2026-06-20 20:01, Colin Percival wrote:
>=2E=2E=2E
>>> Why is the release media missing so many FreeBSD-set- packages?
>>> Notably all FreeBSD-set-*-jail packages?
>> Which release media?=C2=A0 We have a different subset on different medi=
a=2E=C2=A0 In
>> particular we don't put the debug packages onto the disc1/memstick imag=
es=2E
>>=20
>> It's quite possible that we forgot to add the jail sets into disc1/mems=
tick
>> since those were added fairly late in the pkgbase process=2E=2E=2E
>
>
>I had a hard time creating my own release media for pkgbase=2E
>Some tweaks were needed to release/Makefile and release/scripts/pkgbase-s=
tage=2Elua in order to get a custom KERNCONF defined kernel onto the releas=
e=2E
>But I missed all the -set-*-jail packages=2ESo I simply compared with the=
 content of releases/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/15=2E1/FreeBSD-15=2E1-RELEASE-a=
md64-disc1=2Eiso:
>
>
>usr/freebsd-packages/offline/FreeBSD-set-base-15=2E1=2Epkg
>usr/freebsd-packages/offline/FreeBSD-set-devel-15=2E1=2Epkg
>usr/freebsd-packages/offline/FreeBSD-set-lib32-15=2E1=2Epkg
>usr/freebsd-packages/offline/FreeBSD-set-minimal-15=2E1=2Epkg
>usr/freebsd-packages/offline/FreeBSD-set-optional-15=2E1=2Epkg
>usr/freebsd-packages/offline/FreeBSD-set-src-15=2E1=2Epkg
>usr/freebsd-packages/offline/FreeBSD-set-tests-15=2E1=2Epkg
>usr/freebsd-packages/offline/FreeBSD-smbutils-15=2E1=2Epkg
>
>
>which is missing those too :-(
>
>Do you intend to keep scripts/pkgbase-stage=2Elua?
>
>I have many patches in the pipeline needed to allow release customization=
 at all with pkgbase (for example to define a REVISION of 15=2E1=2E2 and BR=
ANCH_OVERRIDE=3DCUST, and custom KERNCONF etc=2E=2E=2E)=2E
>
>Unfortunately I can't find much time to continue maintaining my (local) e=
nterprise deployment extensions for FreeBSD=2E
>But I'm happily sharing a diff for some optimization discussions, in case=
 we agree on 'offline' setup is still first-class method these days ;-)
>
>Thanks,
>-harry
>

share them anyway, i'm curious how others make their custom releases=2E=2E=
=2E