In D54433#1244080, @pi wrote:Will it also explain pkgbasify ?
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grahamperrin accepted D53534: Handbook pkgbase upgrade: Split pkgbase major upgrade to use zfs with boot environments, add workaround lock pkg.
Thanks! I'm (blindly) accepting without checking.
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grahamperrin added a comment to D53534: Handbook pkgbase upgrade: Split pkgbase major upgrade to use zfs with boot environments, add workaround lock pkg.
My current thought is much the same as Sergio's in August:
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grahamperrin requested changes to D53534: Handbook pkgbase upgrade: Split pkgbase major upgrade to use zfs with boot environments, add workaround lock pkg.
I'll pause for now, because I find it difficult to visualise with Phabricator. Clicking Undo does not undo (so, you may see repetition), and so on.
grahamperrin added a comment to D53534: Handbook pkgbase upgrade: Split pkgbase major upgrade to use zfs with boot environments, add workaround lock pkg.
Can you tell when pkgbase.freebsd.org will be introduced?
grahamperrin updated subscribers of D53534: Handbook pkgbase upgrade: Split pkgbase major upgrade to use zfs with boot environments, add workaround lock pkg.
A while ago, probably around August, I began referring to freebsd-update as legacy, because it was commonly understood that it would be "removed or at least neutered" with 15.0-RELEASE.
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In D52621#1203868, @ivy wrote:
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FreeBSD-base is the name of the repo for all FreeBSD (operating system) packages.
Tested with:
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I can't visualise the current edition of the dialogue, can someone provide a screenshot?
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If I intentionally delete an unwanted non-essential automatic package that is not a meta package, then will pkg check -d prompt to reinstall?
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grahamperrin added a comment to D42150: bsdinstall: when installing UEFI, place the bootloader on all disks.
Related: https://bugs.freebsd.org/258987 point 1.
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In D52161#1191869, @rgrimes wrote:… single user.
On the other hand, /etc/pkg/repos/ (if created) might be valid.
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In D51279#1190892, @lukas.engelhardt_gmx.de wrote:… Changed that to "If you want to start building your own pkgbase packets" instead of "To start building custom pkgbase packets". Does that answer your question? If not please specify. …
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pkgbase (lowercase) throughout, thanks.
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Will there be a distinct FreeBSD-pkgbasify package in the FreeBSD-base repo?
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Compare with a single FreeBSD.conf for multiple FreeBSD repos, e.g. https://reviews.freebsd.org/D50583.
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In the preview, some of the navigation buttons don't work, for example:
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grahamperrin added a comment to D51101: bsdinstall: always install FreeBSD-base.conf if using pkgbase.
Compare with the precedent of a single file:
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Packages are the future.
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In D50583#1155253, @zarychtam_plan-b.pwste.edu.pl wrote:… setting a higher priority didn't help in my case …
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grahamperrin added a comment to D49457: Update x11/nvidia-driver-470 and x11/linux-nvidia-libs-470 to 470.256.02.
In D49457#1131891, @junchoon_dec.sakura.ne.jp wrote:
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grahamperrin added a comment to D49457: Update x11/nvidia-driver-470 and x11/linux-nvidia-libs-470 to 470.256.02.
For completeness, I'm testing with a GPU for which the 470.⋯ driver is:
grahamperrin added a comment to D49457: Update x11/nvidia-driver-470 and x11/linux-nvidia-libs-470 to 470.256.02.
In D49457#1131202, @ashafer wrote:
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grahamperrin added a comment to D49457: Update x11/nvidia-driver-470 and x11/linux-nvidia-libs-470 to 470.256.02.
… 06:41 on Sunday. Whilst the clock on the lock screen was wrong (02:33), the system was not frozen. …
grahamperrin added a comment to D49457: Update x11/nvidia-driver-470 and x11/linux-nvidia-libs-470 to 470.256.02.
… With Plasma set to turn off the screen after two minutes, I sometimes found all displays blank/dark after e.g. moving a trackball. Not turning on, presumably, although they're on after Control-Alt-F2 (vt at ttyv1) and remain on after Alt-F9 (back to Plasma). … sense that the symptom was more likely to occur with two external displays.
grahamperrin added a comment to D49457: Update x11/nvidia-driver-470 and x11/linux-nvidia-libs-470 to 470.256.02.
… OK so far, no sense of regression. I'll test with WBINVD=on. …
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Thanks. With all inlines hidden, the language looks OK, to me.
Reported by: grahamperrin
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Is addition to UPDATING appropriate?
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grahamperrin requested changes to D47996: adduser(8): Add documentation for ZFS encrypted home dataset.
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Looks OK to me.
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Nit (if the summary will be the commit message), taggued and break should be:
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Time to close?
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Late changes. Spelling, and (I think) you need not state .ko in the context of e.g. kldload.
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Thanks. I ran a few tests. One test result below.
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I forgot:
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@delphij thanks for the context.
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The tail of today's https://old.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/18gtb5r/-/:
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Unexpected loss of free space has taken some users by surprise.
grahamperrin added inline comments to D42546: Highlights of changes that appeared already in 13.1/13.2.
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grahamperrin added inline comments to D42304: 14.0 relnotes: markup and wording fixes from Graham Perrin.
grahamperrin requested changes to D42304: 14.0 relnotes: markup and wording fixes from Graham Perrin.
@karels, nice catch with the audible parts of "a -i option". I made the same mistake with something a few months ago.
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After https://cgit.freebsd.org/doc/tree/website/content/en/releases/14.0R/installation.adoc is created, with the customary Upgrading FreeBSD content, then thought can be given to foot-shooting (e.g. https://reviews.freebsd.org/D42214#963193).
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In D42214#963101, @grahamperrin wrote:
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Thanks @karels for the pointer.
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Follow-up to discussion in IRC,
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I recall accepting the invitation to participate in this working group.
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grahamperrin added a comment to D37671: Problem Report Handling Guidelines (pr-guidelines): correct and update, or archive.
For reference: https://docs.freebsd.org/en/articles/pr-guidelines/
"Jane Random BugBuster …
Submitted by: Graham Perrin <grahamperring@gmail.com>
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Please have content in the Wayback Machine before committing.
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English looks good to me.
Thanks @dbaio
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In D41986#957815, @salvadore wrote:… lists. …
% less /tmp/D37213.diff % gh repo sync grahamperrin/freebsd-doc && git -C /usr/doc pull --ff-only && git -C /usr/doc pull --ff-only freebsd main ✓ Synced the "grahamperrin:main" branch from "freebsd:main" Already up to date. From https://git.freebsd.org/doc * branch main -> FETCH_HEAD Already up to date. % git -C /usr/doc apply --check --verbose /tmp/D37213.diff Checking patch website/content/en/administration.adoc... %
In D37213#867100, @dbaio wrote:and as clusteradm
only missing bugmeister review, IMHO, you can already commit this.
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Might GENERIC.hints be in scope?
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