Date: Sun, 17 May 2020 10:21:55 -0500 From: Scott Bennett <bennett@sdf.org> To: mike@karels.net Cc: pi@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: possible problem with pkg in FreeBSD11.4-BETA2 Message-ID: <202005171521.04HFLuBe005914@sdf.org> In-Reply-To: <202005171331.04HDVYMb055487@mail.karels.net> References: <202005171331.04HDVYMb055487@mail.karels.net>
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Mike Karels <mike@karels.net> wrote: > > On Date: Sat, 16 May 2020 16:05:09 +0200 Kurt Jaeger <pi@freebsd.org> > > wrote: > > [Mike Karels <mike@karels.net> wrote:] > > > > > This might be due to cockpit error, but I don't remember the exact history > > > > of this machine. I have a test machine that was running 11.3-RELEASE, and > > > > had been upgraded with freebsd-update. I upgraded it to 11.4-BETA1 last > > > > week, and BETA2 this weekend. Then I tried "pkg upgrade" and got an > > > > error: > > > > > > Use > > > > > > pkg bootstrap -f > > > > > > There's some hickup in the upgrade path between your version > > > and the most current, so... > > > > > He switched from -RELEASE packages to -STABLE packages. > > Are BETA releases treated as -STABLE? If so, would this problem be > expected? If so, it should be handled much more gracefully. If not, > I don't think that's the problem; I'm reasonably sure this machine > has only been upgraded with freebsd-update; it was running an 11.3 > patch version. > Now that you ask, that's a good question. I haven't run "make buildworld" and "make buildkernel" since 28 April because I'm trying to minimize being forced to reboot by the kernel's memory management bugs, so my stable/11 system still says "11.4-PRERELEASE". It has been long enough since 11.3 happened that I don't recall whether it went through a transition period of BETAx and RCx changes as it changed from 11.2 to 11.3. Of course, those memory management bugs first caused big problems starting when 11.2 happened, so I may have missed some of the transition due to infrequent system updates. I only remember that it won't say it's 11.4-STABLE until the release happens and I've updated /usr/src and built and installed a new system. Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG ********************************************************************** * Internet: bennett at sdf.org *xor* bennett at freeshell.org * *--------------------------------------------------------------------* * "A well regulated and disciplined militia, is at all times a good * * objection to the introduction of that bane of all free governments * * -- a standing army." * * -- Gov. John Hancock, New York Journal, 28 January 1790 * **********************************************************************
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