Packages from the quarterly repository

[Mikhail Holt]

On 12/02/2020 00:29, Mikhail Holt wrote:
 >> ?I assume https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:12:amd64/quarterly will have
 >> been rebuilt from https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/branches/2020Q2/.

 >Correct.
OK, good.

 >> ?If so, when installing the new package:
 >> ?- Will I get any warning prompt about it?

 >No, there's no warning that the quarterly package set was built from a
 >new branch since your previous update.  You will see that there are a
 >lot more package updates at that time, and the change of quarterly
 >branches is always done promptly each 3 months so it's easily predictable.
Hmmm... OK.


 >> ?- Can I cancel the install without any changes being made?

 >Yes.  `pkg upgrade` will stop and ask you if you want to proceed unless
 >you pre-answer that question with either the '-y' or '-n' options.
OK, good.

 >Verb. sap. you will have a much better experience with pkg(8) if you
 >don't try and pick nd choose what to update.  Just upgrade to all the
 >latest available packages.  Mostly this "just works" but there obviously
 >can be occasional problems; the best way to mitigate that risk is to use
 >features like Boot Environments or ZFS snapshotting so you can roll your
 >filesystem back to a previous state until the package problems can be 
fixed.
Thanks for the suggestion(s).

 >    Cheers,

 >    Matthew