drm-61-kmod now packaged for 14.2 on AMD64; and enhancements to freebsd-update (was: Building a ported kernel module, where the Project-provided package is inferior)

On 18/11/2024 02:10, Zhenlei Huang wrote:

> …
>
> Fernando made enhancement [1] to freebsd-update(8) so that end users 
> will be warned / hinted. So maybe it is time to MFC that to stable 
> branches ?
>
> The serial of related commits are [2] [3] and [4].
>
> 1. https://reviews.freebsd.org/D39695
> 2. bc0c6c9cf3a9 freebsd-update: Add check for kernel modules
> 3. d3b6d70e0dfa freebsd-update(8): Use kern.module_path
> 4. d76ef58d566c freebsd-update: Correctly check if pkg(8) is present
>
> Best regards,
> Zhenlei

<https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin/113604067927483154>:

- leads to Reddit

- is followed by a toot with your suggestions – primarily for the 
attention of Ed Maste, who has taken great interest in (separate) 
discussion of the absence of a FreeBSD Project-provided package.

Reddit unofficially offers a link to the required package, for AMD64.

Zhenlei: thank you, and my apologies for not responding sooner.

(I have been necessarily more focused on pkgbase, than on freebsd-update.)

Kind regards
Graham