Re: pkgbase install

2024-08-25 Thread Graham Perrin
On 19/08/2024 02:16, Dan Mahoney wrote: … The BSD installer still uses the old .txz distribution sets, … You can: 1. make minimal use of the installer (configure as little as possible) 2. before exiting the installer, switch to pkgbase 3. boot the installed system 4. configure things. The

pkgbase install

2024-08-18 Thread Dan Mahoney
Hey there all, I'd like to start testing some of our nodes with pkgbase, but I'm not sure it's ready for prime time. If I read this document correctly, the following are all still true? https://wiki.freebsd.org/PkgBase 1) There's no way to do a from-scratch install using pkgbase. The BSD i

pkgbase install without kernel and source packages (local directory tree with world)

2024-02-23 Thread Mark Millard
In order to convert a local directory tree with a world install in it to be based on pkgbase (without the kernels or source trees) I ended up doing a more full install then deleting with -g 'FreeBSD-kernel-*' 'FreeBSD-src-*' : # pkg install -rbase -g 'FreeBSD-*' # pkg delete -g 'FreeBSD-kernel-*'