Re: PkgBase: Can not upgrade base system

On Tue, 23 Jan 2018 at 4:12 pm, O. Hartmann <ohartmann_at_walstatt.org> wrote:

> For a client I tried PkgBase and followed the procedures recommended (first
> build the OS from /usr/src/, installworld/kernel, then proceed with pkg
> update
> -r FreeBSD-base and pkg install -g 'FreeBSD-*'.
>
> This doesn't work for any update I try to apply. Since the target host is
> a two
> years old Intel NUC based on some Broadwell snail CPU, building world and
> kernel is performed on another, much more potent host.
>
> In the first place, when performing a "pkg upgrade", the system complains
> about
> mismatching OSVERSION, 1200055 forthe running system, and 1200056 for the
> packages to be updated. When setting env OSVERSION=1200056, pkg (not
> pkg-static!) complains about revision numbers (the long date trailing the
> package's name), for instance the newest one is
>
> FreeBSD-hast-12.0.s20180123050738.txz
>
> contained within the repository to be used for the update, but installed is
> something older, like FreeBSD-hast-12.0.s20171103114456.txz.
>
> When trying pkg-static, I get a crash of pkg-static, segmentation fault is
> its
> death-cause.
>
> How am I supposed to update a base system via PkgBase?
>
> Kind regards,
>
> oh
>
> p.s. sorry for the lack of data, the box in question is on a remote site
> without net.
>
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This issue was discussed on the FreeBSD-current mailing list. A workaround
has been provided there, but a proper fix is still to be developed:

https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2018-January/068153.html


Workaround:

# pkg -o OSVERSION=1200056 upgrade


Regards,
Ben

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From: Benjamin Woods
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