Hello,
I just successfully upgraded my OPNsense installation to 25.7. Before upgrading I read about people having issues when os-cpu-microcode-intel was installed. As I had not installed said plugin before for some reason I installed it after the upgrade. During installation I saw the following output:
QuoteThis port is deprecated; you may wish to reconsider installing it:
Abandoned upstream, fails to identify anything remotely new according to upstream issue reports.
It is scheduled to be removed on or after 2025-06-30.
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Message from cpu-microcode-intel-20250512:
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Refer to the cpu-microcode-rc installation notes to enable Intel
microcode updates.
Is it still recommended to install? Will there be a replacement? I do not have any issues with my cpu but I do not want to be missing any security updates provided by the microcode. I would think that even when the port is removed the existing microcode updates would still be better to have than none at all.
I'm assuming this refers to x86info and not microcode:
sysutils/x86info/Makefile:EXPIRATION_DATE=2025-06-30
It was removed from FreeBSD ports. The removal is debatable. We still have it in our ports.
Cheers,
Franco
You are right, I misread and thought the message was from microcode. Thank you for the quick reply and great work!