FreeBSD has no meta file, using default settings

balanga · 2026-04-26T11:14:14+0100

Unable to do anything with pkgs...

FreeBSD has no meta file, using default settings

Code:

pkg: packagesite URL error for pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/latest/meta.conf -- pkg+:// implies SRV mirror type
pkg: packagesite URL error for pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/latest/meta.txz -- pkg+:// implies SRV mirror type
repository FreeBSD has no meta file, using default settings

I can ping without any problem and also did a freebsd-update without problem.

This is over ssh if it makes any difference.

T-Aoki · 2026-04-26T11:32:02+0100

balanga said:
Unable to do anything with pkgs...

FreeBSD has no meta file, using default settings

Code:

pkg: packagesite URL error for pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/latest/meta.conf -- pkg+:// implies SRV mirror type pkg: packagesite URL error for pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/latest/meta.txz -- pkg+:// implies SRV mirror type repository FreeBSD has no meta file, using default settings

I can ping without any problem and also did a freebsd-update without problem.

This is over ssh if it makes any difference.

Your repo configuration seems to be outdated or broken.
Currently, URLs in any of stub configs start from pkg+http[COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][B]s[/B][/COLOR], not pkg+http.
See all 3 files that are named starting from FreeBSD.conf.

Alain De Vos · 2026-04-26T11:54:12+0100

pkg -v
pkg -vv
Verify repository settings.
Repositories have changed default location with introduction of FreeBSD_kmods ...

T-Daemon · 2026-04-26T12:20:29+0100

Please show us pkg repos.

balanga · 2026-04-26T12:36:02+0100

T-Aoki said:
Your repo configuration seems to be outdated or broken.
Currently, URLs in any of stub configs start from pkg+http[COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][B]s[/B][/COLOR], not pkg+http.
See all 3 files that are named starting from FreeBSD.conf.

Can I just copy this file from another installation?

What actually installs this file?

T-Aoki · 2026-04-26T12:59:33+0100

balanga said:
Can I just copy this file from another installation?

What actually installs this file?

Usually bsdinstall(8) in istallation media would copy appropreate one as /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf.

On upgrades, etcupdate(8) (on 15.0 and later at least) or mergemaster(8) (prior to 15.0 but some would switch to etcupdate(8) earlier) would do.

For stable/15 and main (aka CURRENT), FreeBSD.conf.latest and for 15.0-RELEASE, whichever (not sure as I'm on stable/15) of FreeBSD.conf.quarterly or FreeBSD.conf.quarterly-release would be chosen by default.

Note that if you're overriding the default in /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/, you need to fix yours there.

balanga · 2026-04-26T14:30:22+0100

T-Daemon said:
Please show us pkg repos.

Code:

FreeBSD-ports: {
    url             : "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/quarterly",
    enabled         : yes,
    priority        : 0,
    mirror_type     : "SRV",
    signature_type  : "FINGERPRINTS",
    fingerprints    : "/usr/share/keys/pkg"
  }
FreeBSD-ports-kmods: {
    url             : "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/kmods_quarterly_0",
    enabled         : yes,
    priority        : 0,
    mirror_type     : "SRV",
    signature_type  : "FINGERPRINTS",
    fingerprints    : "/usr/share/keys/pkg"
  }
FreeBSD-base: {
    url             : "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/base_release_0",
    enabled         : no,
    priority        : 0,
    mirror_type     : "SRV",
    signature_type  : "FINGERPRINTS",
    fingerprints    : "/usr/share/keys/pkgbase-15"
  }
FreeBSD: {
    url             : "pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/latest",
    enabled         : yes,
    priority        : 0
  }

Alain De Vos · 2026-04-26T14:35:33+0100

See /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/...
Check if there is mirror_type ? Check if mirrortype none works.

balanga · 2026-04-26T14:57:41+0100

Alain De Vos said:
See /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/...
Check if there is mirror_type ? Check if mirrortype none works.

I would prefer to find a copy which is supposed to work rather than trying something to see if it works.

Alain De Vos · 2026-04-26T15:08:59+0100

Unless you have a backup strategy , there is no copy of /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos.
That is your "personal setting".
There is /etc/pkg/
This "base" , gets updated with freebsd-upgrade ....
What is uname -a ?

fjdlr · 2026-04-26T15:43:59+0100

You don't have a snapshot?
Perhaps look for a copy in .zfs.

T-Aoki · 2026-04-26T15:55:29+0100

balanga said:

Code:

FreeBSD-ports: {
    url             : "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/quarterly",
    enabled         : yes,
    priority        : 0,
    mirror_type     : "SRV",
    signature_type  : "FINGERPRINTS",
    fingerprints    : "/usr/share/keys/pkg"
  }
FreeBSD-ports-kmods: {
    url             : "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/kmods_quarterly_0",
    enabled         : yes,
    priority        : 0,
    mirror_type     : "SRV",
    signature_type  : "FINGERPRINTS",
    fingerprints    : "/usr/share/keys/pkg"
  }
FreeBSD-base: {
    url             : "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/base_release_0",
    enabled         : no,
    priority        : 0,
    mirror_type     : "SRV",
    signature_type  : "FINGERPRINTS",
    fingerprints    : "/usr/share/keys/pkgbase-15"
  }
FreeBSD: {
    url             : "pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/latest",
    enabled         : yes,
    priority        : 0
  }

At least the last entry could be problematic.
Try removing it from where it is set. And don't enable both entries for latest and quarterly at the same time.
Maybe the former 3 entries are from /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf and the last one from elsewhere. See Chapter 4.4.2 of the Handbook first.

Alain De Vos · 2026-04-26T16:07:39+0100

Just remove unnecesarry lines from /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf
Then the ones from /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf will be used.
Don't put lines from /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf into /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf [Advice from SirDice]