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Title: Issue on opnsense build: pkg 1.19.2_5 won't update
Post by: none on July 27, 2025, 03:44:55 PM
Hi,

as 25.7 uses pkg 1.19.5_2, I upgraded the build box to 14.3R and had some trouble updating the packages, every time I got this message:

pkg update
Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
pkg: https://pkgmir.geo.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:aarch64/quarterly/packagesite.txz: Not Found
Unable to update repository FreeBSD
Updating FreeBSD-kmods repository catalogue...
Fetching packagesite.pkg: 100%   15 KiB  15.4kB/s    00:01   
Processing entries: 100%
FreeBSD-kmods repository update completed. 68 packages processed.
Error updating repositories!
root@rpi5-hd:/usr/ports/ports-mgmt/pkg # pkg info | grep pkg
pkg-1.19.2_5                   Package manager

The environment here is Raspberry Pi 5 8GB arm64 and USB disk and NIC.

I upgraded to last pkg and got it to update packages repo, then I built again 1.19.5_2 and now the same message above shows when I try to update.

Is there any hints on this? Last time I searched I got the idea that I need to run the same pkg version on the build box. If this is not true anymore, would help a lot :)

Thanks,

none
Title: Re: Issue on opnsense build: pkg 1.19.2_5 won't update
Post by: Maurice on July 31, 2025, 06:44:33 PM
The OPNsense version of pkg is only meant to be used with the OPNsense repo.

Personally, I never use pkg update / upgrade on OPNsense build systems. When a new FreeBSD version is required (like 14.3 for 25.7), I set up a new build system. After that, I just keep the kernel / base system updated using freebsd-update.