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#freebsd #pkg

Tom @[email protected] · 2026-04-24 · 09:47 UTC

Running "pkg upgrade" on FreeBSD results in:

Updating FreeBSD-ports repository catalogue...

sits there for ages

ran with -d:

DBG(1)[71664]> (fetch) libfetch> connecting
DBG(1)[71664]> (fetch) libfetch> fetching from: https://pkgmir.geo.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/latest/meta.conf with opts "i"

And it never downloads it.

Is libfetch badly broken?

pkg 2.7.4

(works fine in a browser)

#freebsd #pkg

Tom @[email protected] · 2026-04-24 · 09:47 UTC

Running "pkg upgrade" on FreeBSD results in:

Updating FreeBSD-ports repository catalogue...

sits there for ages

ran with -d:

DBG(1)[71664]> (fetch) libfetch> connecting
DBG(1)[71664]> (fetch) libfetch> fetching from: https://pkgmir.geo.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/latest/meta.conf with opts "i"

And it never downloads it.

Is libfetch badly broken?

pkg 2.7.4

(works fine in a browser)

#freebsd #pkg

Tom @[email protected] · 2026-04-24 · 09:47 UTC

Running "pkg upgrade" on FreeBSD results in:

Updating FreeBSD-ports repository catalogue...

sits there for ages

ran with -d:

DBG(1)[71664]> (fetch) libfetch> connecting
DBG(1)[71664]> (fetch) libfetch> fetching from: https://pkgmir.geo.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/latest/meta.conf with opts "i"

And it never downloads it.

Is libfetch badly broken?

pkg 2.7.4

(works fine in a browser)

#pkg #freebsd

Tom @[email protected] · 2026-04-24 · 09:47 UTC

Running "pkg upgrade" on FreeBSD results in:

Updating FreeBSD-ports repository catalogue...

sits there for ages

ran with -d:

DBG(1)[71664]> (fetch) libfetch> connecting
DBG(1)[71664]> (fetch) libfetch> fetching from: https://pkgmir.geo.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/latest/meta.conf with opts "i"

And it never downloads it.

Is libfetch badly broken?

pkg 2.7.4

(works fine in a browser)

#freebsd #pkg

bapt @[email protected] · 2026-04-13 · 17:50 UTC

#FreeBSD 's #pkg 2.7.0 is out!

Highlights:
- Per-package triggers (with pkg_upgrade variable)
- Install directly from http://, https:// or file:// URLs
- Switched back to libfetch
- Solver fixes for multi-repo setups, fewer spurious reinstalls
- autoremove now aware of install/delete/upgrade
- search -S comment-description, query %y/%Y for provides/requires
- Tons of crash, memory leak and portability fixes

#freebsd #pkg

bapt @[email protected] · 2026-04-13 · 17:50 UTC

#FreeBSD 's #pkg 2.7.0 is out!

Highlights:
- Per-package triggers (with pkg_upgrade variable)
- Install directly from http://, https:// or file:// URLs
- Switched back to libfetch
- Solver fixes for multi-repo setups, fewer spurious reinstalls
- autoremove now aware of install/delete/upgrade
- search -S comment-description, query %y/%Y for provides/requires
- Tons of crash, memory leak and portability fixes

#freebsd #pkg

bapt @[email protected] · 2026-04-13 · 17:50 UTC

#FreeBSD 's #pkg 2.7.0 is out!

Highlights:
- Per-package triggers (with pkg_upgrade variable)
- Install directly from http://, https:// or file:// URLs
- Switched back to libfetch
- Solver fixes for multi-repo setups, fewer spurious reinstalls
- autoremove now aware of install/delete/upgrade
- search -S comment-description, query %y/%Y for provides/requires
- Tons of crash, memory leak and portability fixes

#freebsd #pkg

bapt @[email protected] · 2026-04-13 · 17:50 UTC

#FreeBSD 's #pkg 2.7.0 is out!

Highlights:
- Per-package triggers (with pkg_upgrade variable)
- Install directly from http://, https:// or file:// URLs
- Switched back to libfetch
- Solver fixes for multi-repo setups, fewer spurious reinstalls
- autoremove now aware of install/delete/upgrade
- search -S comment-description, query %y/%Y for provides/requires
- Tons of crash, memory leak and portability fixes

#pkg #freebsd

bapt @[email protected] · 2026-04-13 · 17:50 UTC

#FreeBSD 's #pkg 2.7.0 is out!

Highlights:
- Per-package triggers (with pkg_upgrade variable)
- Install directly from http://, https:// or file:// URLs
- Switched back to libfetch
- Solver fixes for multi-repo setups, fewer spurious reinstalls
- autoremove now aware of install/delete/upgrade
- search -S comment-description, query %y/%Y for provides/requires
- Tons of crash, memory leak and portability fixes

RE: https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin/116281872164093377

#freebsd #pkg

Graham Perrin @[email protected] · 2026-03-24 · 03:05 UTC

@_bapt_ @emaste maybe the pkg-unregister(8) manual page can gain an example:

pkg unregister -f FreeBSD-\*

The example was given by Emmanuel Vadot in December 2025 at the foot of <https://mail-archive.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20251202162711.16aec122152219f614c30beb>.

<https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pkg-unregister&sektion=8&manpath=freebsd-ports#EXAMPLES> (the EXAMPLES page anchor does not yet exist).

<https://github.com/freebsd/pkg/blob/e88f7ab64889548e841ccd0bb2972ea6efec1152/docs/pkg-unregister.8#L139-L142> between the FILES and SEE ALSO sections of the page.

Thanks

RE: https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin/116281872164093377

#freebsd #documentation #pkg #pkgbase

Graham Perrin @[email protected] · 2026-03-24 · 03:05 UTC

@_bapt_ @emaste maybe the pkg-unregister(8) manual page can gain an example:

pkg unregister -f FreeBSD-\*

The example was given by Emmanuel Vadot in December 2025 at the foot of <https://mail-archive.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20251202162711.16aec122152219f614c30beb>.

<https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pkg-unregister&sektion=8&manpath=freebsd-ports#EXAMPLES> (the EXAMPLES page anchor does not yet exist).

<https://github.com/freebsd/pkg/blob/e88f7ab64889548e841ccd0bb2972ea6efec1152/docs/pkg-unregister.8#L139-L142> between the FILES and SEE ALSO sections of the page.

Thanks

RE: https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin/116281872164093377

#freebsd #documentation #pkg #pkgbase

Graham Perrin @[email protected] · 2026-03-24 · 03:05 UTC

@_bapt_ @emaste maybe the pkg-unregister(8) manual page can gain an example:

pkg unregister -f FreeBSD-\*

The example was given by Emmanuel Vadot in December 2025 at the foot of <https://mail-archive.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20251202162711.16aec122152219f614c30beb>.

<https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pkg-unregister&sektion=8&manpath=freebsd-ports#EXAMPLES> (the EXAMPLES page anchor does not yet exist).

<https://github.com/freebsd/pkg/blob/e88f7ab64889548e841ccd0bb2972ea6efec1152/docs/pkg-unregister.8#L139-L142> between the FILES and SEE ALSO sections of the page.

Thanks

RE: https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin/116281872164093377

#freebsd #documentation #pkg #pkgbase

Graham Perrin @[email protected] · 2026-03-24 · 03:05 UTC

@_bapt_ @emaste maybe the pkg-unregister(8) manual page can gain an example:

pkg unregister -f FreeBSD-\*

The example was given by Emmanuel Vadot in December 2025 at the foot of <https://mail-archive.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20251202162711.16aec122152219f614c30beb>.

<https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pkg-unregister&sektion=8&manpath=freebsd-ports#EXAMPLES> (the EXAMPLES page anchor does not yet exist).

<https://github.com/freebsd/pkg/blob/e88f7ab64889548e841ccd0bb2972ea6efec1152/docs/pkg-unregister.8#L139-L142> between the FILES and SEE ALSO sections of the page.

Thanks

RE: https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin/116281872164093377

#pkgbase #pkg #documentation #freebsd

Graham Perrin @[email protected] · 2026-03-24 · 03:05 UTC

@_bapt_ @emaste maybe the pkg-unregister(8) manual page can gain an example:

pkg unregister -f FreeBSD-\*

The example was given by Emmanuel Vadot in December 2025 at the foot of <https://mail-archive.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20251202162711.16aec122152219f614c30beb>.

<https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pkg-unregister&sektion=8&manpath=freebsd-ports#EXAMPLES> (the EXAMPLES page anchor does not yet exist).

<https://github.com/freebsd/pkg/blob/e88f7ab64889548e841ccd0bb2972ea6efec1152/docs/pkg-unregister.8#L139-L142> between the FILES and SEE ALSO sections of the page.

Thanks

#freebsd #documentation #pkg #pkgbase

Graham Perrin @[email protected] · 2026-03-20 · 01:01 UTC

Incidentally, I chose to force an upgrade because it was previously necessary to force off the virtual machine during an upgrade.

This began as a review of pkg issue 2441:

― pkg upgrade: ability to complete what was originally intended, following an interruption <https://github.com/freebsd/pkg/issues/2441>

– I doubt that the package downgrades are related, but I keep an open mind.

#freebsd #pkg

Graham Perrin @[email protected] · 2026-03-20 · 01:01 UTC

Incidentally, I chose to force an upgrade because it was previously necessary to force off the virtual machine during an upgrade.

This began as a review of pkg issue 2441:

― pkg upgrade: ability to complete what was originally intended, following an interruption <https://github.com/freebsd/pkg/issues/2441>

– I doubt that the package downgrades are related, but I keep an open mind.

#freebsd #pkg

Graham Perrin @[email protected] · 2026-03-20 · 01:01 UTC

Incidentally, I chose to force an upgrade because it was previously necessary to force off the virtual machine during an upgrade.

This began as a review of pkg issue 2441:

― pkg upgrade: ability to complete what was originally intended, following an interruption <https://github.com/freebsd/pkg/issues/2441>

– I doubt that the package downgrades are related, but I keep an open mind.

#freebsd #pkg

Graham Perrin @[email protected] · 2026-03-20 · 01:01 UTC

Incidentally, I chose to force an upgrade because it was previously necessary to force off the virtual machine during an upgrade.

This began as a review of pkg issue 2441:

― pkg upgrade: ability to complete what was originally intended, following an interruption <https://github.com/freebsd/pkg/issues/2441>

– I doubt that the package downgrades are related, but I keep an open mind.

#pkg #freebsd

Graham Perrin @[email protected] · 2026-03-20 · 01:01 UTC

Incidentally, I chose to force an upgrade because it was previously necessary to force off the virtual machine during an upgrade.

This began as a review of pkg issue 2441:

― pkg upgrade: ability to complete what was originally intended, following an interruption <https://github.com/freebsd/pkg/issues/2441>

– I doubt that the package downgrades are related, but I keep an open mind.