Re: [self base packages] pkg: packages for wrong OS version: FreeBSD:12:amd64

From: Ian Lepore <ian_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 08:57:34 -0700
On Wed, 2018-01-10 at 19:53 +0100, Baptiste Daroussin wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 09:29:04PM +0300, Boris Samorodov wrote:
> > 
> > Hi All,
> > 
> > I use self built base packages. Seems that I have a problem with pkg.
> > Today I've got this:
> > ===
> > % sudo pkg update -f
> > Updating FreeBSD-base repository catalogue...
> > Fetching meta.txz: 100%    268 B   0.3kB/s    00:01
> > Fetching packagesite.txz: 100%   29 KiB  29.4kB/s    00:01
> > Processing entries:   0%
> > pkg: Newer FreeBSD version for package FreeBSD-libulog:
> > - package: 1200055
> > - running kernel: 1200054
> > pkg: repository FreeBSD-base contains packages for wrong OS version:
> > FreeBSD:12:amd64
> > Processing entries: 100%
> > Unable to update repository FreeBSD-base
> > [...]
> > 
> > % uname -aKU
> > FreeBSD latt.bsnet 12.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 12.0-CURRENT #2 r327719: Tue Jan
> >  9 14:32:13 MSK 2018
> > bsam_at_builder.bsnet:/usr/obj/usr/src/amd64.amd64/sys/PKG64X  amd64
> > 1200054 1200054
> > 
> > % pkg -v
> > 1.10.4
> > 
> hum
> 
> pkg now has a mechanism to protect from installing too new package (aka packages
> built on a more recent system than the system you are running on.
> 
> While this is great for ports this is a bit painful for upgrading base packages
> when building on current
> 
> One has to specify pkg -o OSVERSION=1200055 to allow packages built on 1200055
> to install on 1200054.
> 
> I need to figure out a mechanism to make this simpler to handle to upgrade of
> base system while keeping this safety belt for users.
> 
> Any idea is welcome
> 
> Best regards,
> Bapt

Is this new mechanism disabled if installing into something other than
the live system, such as when using -c or -r (and maybe -j)?

-- Ian
Received on Thu Jan 11 2018 - 14:57:42 UTC

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