A tool to make easier the upgrade under pkgbase

[Emrion]

Here we are. This is the first version of pkgb-update. A tool that mimics in some ways freebsd-update but for pkgbase systems.

GitHub - Emrion/pkgb-update: A tool to make upgrade with pkgbase easy

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pkgb-update​

pkgb-update is the counterpart of freebsd-update, but for pkgbase systems.
It's a script that updates (that's simple) and mostly upgrades the FreeBSD OS.

pkgbase opens some upgrades (and updates) that were not supported otherwise than compiling the code source.
pkgbase dramatically speed up the upgrade comparing to freebsd-update.
Nevertheless, pkgbase has its own drawbacks. One of them is the complexity of the commands to type to upgrade.
This is where a tool like pkgb-update has a role to play.

pkgb-update is able to upgrade from RELEASE to RELEASE, but also from:

• RELEASE to RC
• RC to next RC
• RELEASE or RC to STABLE
• Any to CURRENT

It lacks ALPHA and BETA versions, this will come later.

You are free to use, take ideas, copy some portions of code and abuse.

 

[mer]

Very nice.