Re: #12 - X server unusable by a normal user following pkg upgrade with pkgbase, from 14.0-RELEASE-p? to 1 4.1-RELEASE-p? - grahamperrin/freebsd-src - Codeberg.org

On Sun, 7 Jul 2024 17:28:35 +0100
Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com> wrote:

> Briefly
> 
> Re: 
> <https://codeberg.org/grahamperrin/freebsd-src/issues/12#issuecomment-2081072> 
> (the three steps)
> 
> I'd like to edit <https://wiki.freebsd.org/PkgBase#Upgrades> to no 
> longer imply that 'pkg upgrade' is safe in point upgrade situations. The 
> somewhat disorderly mix from multiple repos seems to be problematic ? 
> updates to various ports attempted in the midst of base updates from 
> 14.0 to 14.1.
> 
> Any objection to me making a substantial (but brief) change to the wiki?
> 
> I can add details in Codeberg, if you like.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 

 I don't understand the problem you're having.
 Anyway, yes upgrading base first then packages is what needs to be
done, when upgrading releases with pkgbase if you just pkg upgrade in
place it's likely that you will have problems.

-- 
Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com> <manu@freebsd.org>