> On 8 Aug 2025, at 04:20, vermaden <[email protected]> wrote: > > OK, Colin Percival just announced 15.0-PRERELEASE - yet the PKGBASE concept - > besides 'kinda working' - does not holds to the POLA principle at all - and > if anyone will chose to use PKGBASE instead of 'classic' install the 'pkg > delete -af' will not only delete all the third party packages but will also > WIPE almost ENTIRE BASE SYSTEM of FreeBSD ... this is not unacceptable to say > the least. > > My 'vote' here does not changed. > > Lets keep pkg(8) for third party packages with: > - /etc/pkg > - /usr/local/etc/pkg > - /var/db/pkg > > Lets have pkgbase(8) for FreeBSD Base System PKGBASE with: > - /etc/pkgbase > - /usr/local/etc/pkgbase > - /var/db/pkgbase > > Its literally the same 'separation' as the Base System for binaries: > - /bin > - /usr/bin > - /sbin > - /usr/sbin > > And /usr/local PREFIX for third party packages as: > - /usr/local/bin > - /usr/local/sbin > > Regards, > vermaden
I support the pkgbase approach and agree with the proposed separation.
