There's lots of other details that automated upgrading fails to account for. Especially when they are added much later after the fresh install. This is why automated utilities are not to be really trusted. This is why I recommend going for a fresh reinstall every time. This is true in Linux camp as well. Just something that all Open Source OS users learn to live with and tolerate the consequences.
If I recall correctly, at start, ports framework considered (almost) fresh installation only.
~ sudo pkg install vscode
Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
Fetching data.pkg: 100% 10 MiB 5.3MB/s 00:02
Processing entries: 100%
FreeBSD repository update completed. 35847 packages processed.
All repositories are up to date.
The following 31 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):
New packages to be INSTALLED:
krb5: 1.21.3
libb2: 0.98.1_1
vscode: 1.96.4_3
Installed packages to be UPGRADED:
FreeCAD: 1.0.0_1 -> 1.0.0_2
boost-libs: 1.86.0_1 -> 1.87.0_1
harfbuzz-icu: 10.2.0 -> 10.2.0_1
icu: 74.2_1,1 -> 76.1,1
libcdr01: 0.1.8 -> 0.1.8_1
libcmis: 0.6.2_3 -> 0.6.2_4
libe-book: 0.1.3_28 -> 0.1.3_29
libixion: 0.19.0_3 -> 0.19.0_4
libmspub01: 0.1.4_24 -> 0.1.4_25
liborcus: 0.19.2_3 -> 0.19.2_4
libqxp: 0.0.0_24 -> 0.0.0_25
libreoffice: 25.2.0.3 -> 25.2.0.3_2
librewolf: 134.0.2_1 -> 135.0_1
libvisio01: 0.1.8 -> 0.1.8_1
libzmf: 0.0.2_29 -> 0.0.2_30
poppler: 24.02.0_2 -> 24.12.0
poppler-glib: 24.02.0_2 -> 24.12.0
poppler-utils: 24.02.0_2 -> 24.12.0
postgresql16-server: 16.6 -> 16.7_1
qt5-core: 5.15.16p130 -> 5.15.16p130_1
qt6-base: 6.8.2 -> 6.8.2_2
raptor2: 2.0.16_3 -> 2.0.16_4
vte3: 0.78.2 -> 0.78.2_1
webkit2-gtk_40: 2.46.5_2 -> 2.46.5_3
Installed packages to be REINSTALLED:
cups-filters-1.28.17_6 (required shared library changed)
Installed packages to be REMOVED:
deluge: 2.1.1_2,2
deluge-cli: 2.1.1_3
py311-libtorrent-rasterbar: 1.2.20,2
Number of packages to be removed: 3
Number of packages to be installed: 3
Number of packages to be upgraded: 24
Number of packages to be reinstalled: 1
The process will require 344 MiB more space.
475 MiB to be downloaded.➜ ~ sudo pkg install deluge
Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
FreeBSD repository is up to date.
All repositories are up to date.
pkg: No packages available to install matching 'deluge' have been found in the repositories
➜ ~ sudo pkg install net-p2p/deluge
Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
FreeBSD repository is up to date.
All repositories are up to date.
pkg: No packages available to install matching 'net-p2p/deluge' have been found in the repositories➜ ~ sudo pkg update
Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
pkg: Repository FreeBSD has a wrong packagesite, need to re-create database
Fetching meta.conf: 100% 179 B 0.2kB/s 00:01
Fetching data.pkg: 100% 10 MiB 5.3MB/s 00:02
Processing entries: 100%
FreeBSD repository update completed. 35847 packages processed.
All repositories are up to date.
➜ ~ sudo pkg upgrade
Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
FreeBSD repository is up to date.
All repositories are up to date.
Checking for upgrades (515 candidates): 100%
Processing candidates (515 candidates): 100%
The following 21 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):
Installed packages to be UPGRADED:
aom: 3.11.0 -> 3.12.0
binutils: 2.43.1,1 -> 2.44,1
chromium: 132.0.6834.159 -> 132.0.6834.159_1
cpu-microcode-intel: 20241112 -> 20250211
drm-61-kmod: 6.1.92.1402501_3 -> 6.1.128.1401000
exiv2: 0.28.3,1 -> 0.28.4,1
gpgme: 1.24.1 -> 1.24.2
gpgme-cpp: 1.24.1 -> 1.24.2
libpsl: 0.21.5_1 -> 0.21.5_2
lp_solve: 5.5.2.5 -> 5.5.2.5_1
mesa-devel: 25.0.b.479 -> 25.0.b.664
nss: 3.107 -> 3.108
openldap26-client: 2.6.9 -> 2.6.9_1
openssl: 3.0.15_1,1 -> 3.0.16,1
postgresql16-client: 16.6_1 -> 16.7_1
py311-boost-libs: 1.86.0 -> 1.87.0
qpdf: 11.9.1 -> 11.10.0
qt6-multimedia: 6.8.2 -> 6.8.2_1
sqlite3: 3.46.1,1 -> 3.46.1_1,1
vm-bhyve-devel: 1.6.2.4 -> 1.6.2.15
wayland-protocols: 1.39 -> 1.40
Number of packages to be upgraded: 21
The process will require 6 MiB more space.
199 MiB to be downloaded.- pkg: -r command can be used multiple times to only enable
the specified repositories. -r now always enable the repository mentioned pkg upgrade -r FreeBSD -r FreeBSD-kmods drm-61-kmod pkg upgrade -r FreeBSD drm-61-kmod pkg upgrade -r FreeBSD-kmods drm-61-kmoddrm-61-kmod-6.1.128.1401000_1drm-61-kmod-6.1.128.1402000_1realtek-re-kmod-1100.00.1401000_1realtek-re-kmod-1100.00.1402000_1[1-0] # date -u; uname -a; pkg -v
Sat Mar 1 13:40:58 UTC 2025
FreeBSD q210 14.2-RELEASE-p1 FreeBSD 14.2-RELEASE-p1 GENERIC amd64
2.0.6
[2-0] # pkg inf | grep -E '(realtek-re-kmod|drm-61-kmod)'
drm-61-kmod-6.1.128.1402000_1 DRM drivers modules
realtek-re-kmod-1100.00.1402000_1 Kernel driver for Realtek PCIe Ethernet Controllers
[3-0] # pkg delete realtek-re-kmod drm-61-kmod # <- delete packages to create a clean start
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
Deinstallation has been requested for the following 2 packages (of 0 packages in the universe):
Installed packages to be REMOVED:
drm-61-kmod: 6.1.128.1402000_1
realtek-re-kmod: 1100.00.1402000_1
Number of packages to be removed: 2
The operation will free 18 MiB.
Proceed with deinstalling packages? [y/N]: y
[1/2] Deinstalling drm-61-kmod-6.1.128.1402000_1...
[1/2] Deleting files for drm-61-kmod-6.1.128.1402000_1: 100%
[2/2] Deinstalling realtek-re-kmod-1100.00.1402000_1...
[2/2] Deleting files for realtek-re-kmod-1100.00.1402000_1: 100%
[4-0] # pkg autoremove
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
Nothing to do.
[5-0] # # after disabling the 'kmods' repository (in order to install the 14.1-RELEASE specific packages):
[6-0] # pkg repositories
FreeBSD: {
url : "pkg+https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/latest",
enabled : yes,
priority : 0,
mirror_type : "SRV",
signature_type : "FINGERPRINTS",
fingerprints : "/usr/share/keys/pkg"
}
FreeBSD-kmods: {
url : "pkg+https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/kmods_latest_2",
enabled : no,
priority : 0,
mirror_type : "SRV",
signature_type : "FINGERPRINTS",
fingerprints : "/usr/share/keys/pkg"
}
[7-0] # pkg install drm-61-kmod
Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
FreeBSD repository is up to date.
All repositories are up to date.
The following 1 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):
New packages to be INSTALLED:
drm-61-kmod: 6.1.128.1401000_1 [FreeBSD]
Number of packages to be installed: 1
The process will require 17 MiB more space.
3 MiB to be downloaded.
Proceed with this action? [y/N]: y
[1/1] Fetching drm-61-kmod-6.1.128.1401000_1.pkg: 100% 3 MiB 3.7MB/s 00:01
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
[1/1] Installing drm-61-kmod-6.1.128.1401000_1...
[1/1] Extracting drm-61-kmod-6.1.128.1401000_1: 100%
=====
Message from drm-61-kmod-6.1.128.1401000_1:
--
The drm-61-kmod port can be enabled for amdgpu (for AMD
GPUs starting with the HD7000 series / Tahiti) or i915kms (for Intel
APUs starting with HD3000 / Sandy Bridge) through kld_list in
/etc/rc.conf. radeonkms for older AMD GPUs can be loaded and there are
some positive reports if EFI boot is NOT enabled.
For amdgpu: kld_list="amdgpu"
For Intel: kld_list="i915kms"
For radeonkms: kld_list="radeonkms"
Please ensure that all users requiring graphics are members of the
"video" group.
Please note that this package was built for FreeBSD 14.1.
If this is not your current running version, please rebuild
it from ports to prevent panics when loading the module.
[8-0] # pkg install realtek-re-kmod
Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
FreeBSD repository is up to date.
All repositories are up to date.
The following 1 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):
New packages to be INSTALLED:
realtek-re-kmod: 1100.00.1401000_1 [FreeBSD]
Number of packages to be installed: 1
The process will require 1 MiB more space.
129 KiB to be downloaded.
Proceed with this action? [y/N]: y
[1/1] Fetching realtek-re-kmod-1100.00.1401000_1.pkg: 100% 129 KiB 132.5kB/s 00:01
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
[1/1] Installing realtek-re-kmod-1100.00.1401000_1...
[1/1] Extracting realtek-re-kmod-1100.00.1401000_1: 100%
=====
Message from realtek-re-kmod-1100.00.1401000_1:
--
Add the following lines to your /boot/loader.conf
to override the built-in FreeBSD re(4) driver.
if_re_load="YES"
if_re_name="/boot/modules/if_re.ko"
By default, the size of allocated mbufs is enough
to receive the largest Ethernet frame supported
by the card. If your memory is highly fragmented,
trying to allocate contiguous pages (more than
4096 bytes) may result in driver hangs.
For this reason the value is tunable at boot time,
e.g. if you don't need Jumbo frames you can lower
the memory requirements and avoid this issue with:
hw.re.max_rx_mbuf_sz="2048"
To enable Wake on LAN (WoL) support you might need
to set the following tunables:
hw.re.s5wol="1"
hw.re.s0_magic_packet="1"
If you experience network hangs with IPv6 enabled,
you might need to disable the checksum offloading
by adding the following parameters to the related
ifconfig line in your /etc/rc.conf file:
-rxcsum -txcsum -rxcsum6 -txcsum6
[9-0] # # after enabling 'kmods' repository:
[10-0] # pkg repositories
FreeBSD: {
url : "pkg+https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/latest",
enabled : yes,
priority : 0,
mirror_type : "SRV",
signature_type : "FINGERPRINTS",
fingerprints : "/usr/share/keys/pkg"
}
FreeBSD-kmods: {
url : "pkg+https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/kmods_latest_2",
enabled : yes,
priority : 0,
mirror_type : "SRV",
signature_type : "FINGERPRINTS",
fingerprints : "/usr/share/keys/pkg"
}
[11-0] # pkg upgrade -r FreeBSD -r FreeBSD-kmods drm-61-kmod # upgrade fails:
Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
FreeBSD repository is up to date.
Updating FreeBSD-kmods repository catalogue...
FreeBSD-kmods repository is up to date.
FreeBSD, FreeBSD-kmods are up to date.
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
Your packages are up to date.
[12-0] # pkg upgrade -r FreeBSD drm-61-kmod
Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
FreeBSD repository is up to date.
FreeBSD is up to date.
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
Your packages are up to date.
[13-0] # pkg upgrade -r FreeBSD-kmods drm-61-kmod
Updating FreeBSD-kmods repository catalogue...
FreeBSD-kmods repository is up to date.
FreeBSD-kmods is up to date.
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
The following 1 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):
Installed packages to be UPGRADED:
drm-61-kmod: 6.1.128.1401000_1 -> 6.1.128.1402000_1 [FreeBSD-kmods]
Number of packages to be upgraded: 1
Proceed with this action? [y/N]: y
[1/1] Upgrading drm-61-kmod from 6.1.128.1401000_1 to 6.1.128.1402000_1...
[1/1] Extracting drm-61-kmod-6.1.128.1402000_1: 100%
[14-0] # pkg upgrade -r FreeBSD -r FreeBSD-kmods realtek-re-kmod # upgrade fails:
Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
FreeBSD repository is up to date.
Updating FreeBSD-kmods repository catalogue...
FreeBSD-kmods repository is up to date.
FreeBSD, FreeBSD-kmods are up to date.
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
Your packages are up to date.
[15-0] # pkg upgrade -r FreeBSD realtek-re-kmod
Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
FreeBSD repository is up to date.
FreeBSD is up to date.
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
Your packages are up to date.
[16-0] # pkg upgrade -r FreeBSD-kmods realtek-re-kmod
Updating FreeBSD-kmods repository catalogue...
FreeBSD-kmods repository is up to date.
FreeBSD-kmods is up to date.
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
The following 1 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):
Installed packages to be UPGRADED:
realtek-re-kmod: 1100.00.1401000_1 -> 1100.00.1402000_1 [FreeBSD-kmods]
Number of packages to be upgraded: 1
Proceed with this action? [y/N]: y
[1/1] Upgrading realtek-re-kmod from 1100.00.1401000_1 to 1100.00.1402000_1...
[1/1] Extracting realtek-re-kmod-1100.00.1402000_1: 100%
[17-0] # pkg inf | grep -E '(realtek-re-kmod|drm-61-kmod)'
drm-61-kmod-6.1.128.1402000_1 DRM drivers modules
realtek-re-kmod-1100.00.1402000_1 Kernel driver for Realtek PCIe Ethernet Controllers
[18-0] # pkg upgrade -r FreeBSD -r FreeBSD-kmods drm-61-kmod pkg upgrade drm-61-kmod pkg upgrade -r FreeBSD -r FreeBSD-kmods pkg upgradeFreeBSD and FreeBSD-kmods repository are enabled.With commit alias: remove pipes from aliases
- prime-origins = "query -e '%a = 0' '%o' | sort -u";
+ prime-origins = "query -e '%a = 0' '%o'";Likely related to PR 284902.
I actually don't treat that as a bug...
I thought it was related to dependencies in the same way, but still the behavior is strange and if it's not a bug, then it's a very strange implementation.
[gunsynd.152] $ sudo pkg upgrade
...
Installed packages to be REMOVED:
iridium-browser: 2024.11.131.1_1
qt5-webkit: 5.212.0.a4_16
Number of packages to be removed: 2
Number of packages to be installed: 4
Number of packages to be upgraded: 67
Number of packages to be reinstalled: 4
[gunsynd.157] $ date -u
Wed Mar 5 22:31:03 UTC 2025
[gunsynd.158] $ freebsd-version -kru
13.4-RELEASE-p3
13.4-RELEASE-p3
13.4-RELEASE-p4
[gunsynd.159] $ pkg -v
2.0.6
[gunsynd.160] $ pkg info | grep iridium-browser
iridium-browser-2024.11.131.1_1 Iridium browser
[gunsynd.161] $ pkg search iridium
[gunsynd.162] $ # note: nothing found by search pkg like a hawk. It simply can't be trusted. That's a bad thing.By the looks of iridium-packages - freshports it seems iridium is in the process of switching to a '2025-like' version. On my 14.2R I can confirm this:
[2-0] # date -u; uname -a; pkg -v
Thu Mar 6 01:10:31 UTC 2025
FreeBSD q210 14.2-RELEASE-p1 FreeBSD 14.2-RELEASE-p1 GENERIC amd64
2.0.6
[3-0] # pkg sea iridium
iridium-browser-2025.02.133.1_1 Iridium browser
<snap switching to quarterly>
[7-0] # pkg sea iridium
iridium-browser-2025.02.133.1 Iridium browserPR 285197 submitted.
Yeah, I'm itching to try some new ports, because there's news that KDE 6 finally ironed out Wayland kinks on FreeBSD. But with this pkg mess still going on, I'm kind of reluctant to spin up a new machine - what if I miss the opportunity to say no to upgrading from 1.21 to 2.0.x and have to restart my installation all over again? Basically, I'm reluctant to waste my time like that. My priority is KDE 6, not pkg.
Not to go too off topic, but this march KDE upgrade hosed falkon loading here and it will not compile: /usr/ports/www/falkon/work-kf6/falkon-24.12.3/src/lib/tools/aesinterface.cpp:100:15: error: use of undeclared identifier "EVP_PKEY_MO_ENCRYPT' [ also ..._DECRYPT' ] and
Don't go mixing ports and packages. There's been some debate about how safe that is. There's some consensus that it's reasonably safe if the versions are not too far apart, but still plenty of caveats and other details to pay attention to.
2.0.6 (which is what I ended up with) to do pkg fetch. That actually went fine, I was able to fetch and install those deps. pkg fetch deve/qca-qt6, and got hit by the following errors:pkg: An error occured while fetching package: Unknown error
pkg: An error occured while fetching package: Unknown error
repository FreeBSD has no meta file, using default settings
pkg: An error occured while fetching package: Unknown error
pkg: An error occured while fetching package: Unknown error
pkg: An error occured while fetching package: Unknown error
pkg: An error occured while fetching package: Unknown error
Unable to update repository FreeBSD
Error updating repositories!
Well it could be worst ... i have freshly installed 14.2 STABLE - only sudo and drm-515-kmod installed ... i want to install xf86-video-amdgpu and pkg is forcing me to download 5GB and and install 122 packages .I was able to resolve the compilation error by making the package on another 14.2-RELEASE machine, but this is making me plenty suspicious of pkg 2.0.x...
pkg install xf86-video-amdgpuroot@kodasBSD:/usr/ports/graphics/drm-515-kmod # pkg install xf86-video-amdgpu
Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
FreeBSD repository is up to date.
All repositories are up to date.
The following 122 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):
New packages to be INSTALLED:
...
Number of packages to be installed: 122
The process will require 5 GiB more space.
813 MiB to be downloaded.
Proceed with this action? [y/N]:root@kodasBSD:/usr/ports/ports-mgmt/pkg # pkg info -a -o
bsddialog-1.0.4 devel/bsddialog
drm-515-kmod-5.15.160.1402504_3 graphics/drm-515-kmod
gettext-runtime-0.23.1 devel/gettext-runtime
gettext-tools-0.23.1 devel/gettext-tools
gmake-4.4.1 devel/gmake
gpu-firmware-amd-kmod-navi14-20230625.1401000_2 graphics/gpu-firmware-amd-kmod
indexinfo-0.3.1_1 print/indexinfo
libffi-3.4.6 devel/libffi
libtextstyle-0.23.1 devel/libtextstyle
mpdecimal-4.0.0 math/mpdecimal
pkg-2.0.6 ports-mgmt/pkg
pkgconf-2.3.0,1 devel/pkgconf
portconfig-0.6.2 ports-mgmt/portconfig
python311-3.11.11 lang/python311
readline-8.2.13_2 devel/readline
sudo-1.9.16p2_1 security/sudoYou might want to re-read the messages a bit more carefully:
813 MB worth of stuff will be actually downloaded. Once installed, that's when it will take up 5 GB of HDD/SSD space.
Yeah, my bad ... i read one i wrote something else lol.
Well, name of the package should be a hint. Xorg needs that specific package to be able to run (x11-drivers/xf86-video-amdgpu). That package is for Xorg to interface correctly with
amdgpu.ko driver that is installed bygraphics/drm-kmod. There are a few more x11-drivers/xf86-video-NNN drivers in existence, they were written at a time when GPU drivers were simpler and less diverse. If you run Wayland, you don't need the x11-drivers/xf86-video-NNN drivers. If you run Xorg, you do, and the correct one depends on the GPU you have.That errror resolved by uninstalling
gdb caught from theit's not [PORT] boringssl [/PORT], but [PORT]security/boringssl[/PORT]...
I run Xorg but I do not have installed x11-drivers/xf86-video-amdgpu few years and everything works.
How about tear-free rendering? or anti-aliasing of fonts? or YT? In Xorg, graphics are a lot smoother if you install that Xorg driver. The x11-drivers/xf86-video-amdgpu is used to offload a lot of graphical tasks to the GPU via
amdgpu.ko. Just because everything works without that driver doesn't mean it's useless. And, as you mentioned, the Xorg driver is just 63 KiB...