# upgrade just the kernel first, and reboot ``` pkg upgrade -r pkg-base FreeBSD-kernel-generic Updating pkg-base repository catalogue... pkg-base repository is up to date. pkg-base is up to date. The following 1 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked): Installed packages to be UPGRADED: FreeBSD-kernel-generic: 15.snap20250610163850 -> 15.0.1.20250906130029 [pkg-base] Number of packages to be upgraded: 1 The operation will free 5 MiB. 45 MiB to be downloaded. Proceed with this action? [y/N]: y [1/1] Fetching FreeBSD-kernel-generic-15.0.1.20250906130029.pkg: 100% 45 MiB 9.4MB/s 00:05 Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting) [1/1] Upgrading FreeBSD-kernel-generic from 15.snap20250610163850 to 15.0.1.20250906130029... [1/1] Extracting FreeBSD-kernel-generic-15.0.1.20250906130029: 100% ``` ## reboot ok ``` pkg upgrade -r pkg-base -g FreeBSD-\* Updating pkg-base repository catalogue... pkg-base repository is up to date. pkg-base is up to date. The following 277 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked): New packages to be INSTALLED: FreeBSD-bmake: 15.0.1.20250906130029 [pkg-base] Installed packages to be UPGRADED: FreeBSD-acct: 15.snap20250724142936 -> 15.0.1.20250906130029 [pkg-base] ... FreeBSD-zoneinfo: 15.snap20250724142936 -> 15.0.1.20250906130029 [pkg-base] Number of packages to be installed: 1 Number of packages to be upgraded: 276 The operation will free 19 MiB. 147 MiB to be downloaded. Proceed with this action? [y/N]: y [1/277] Fetching FreeBSD-nvme-tools-15.0.1.20250906130029.pkg: 100% 75 KiB 77.0kB/s 00:01 ... [277/277] Fetching FreeBSD-mlx-tools-man-15.0.1.20250906130029.pkg: 100% 2 KiB 2.4kB/s 00:01 Checking integrity... done (22 conflicting) - FreeBSD-toolchain-man-15.0.1.20250906130029 [pkg-base] conflicts with FreeBSD-clang-man-15.snap20250724142936 [installed] on /usr/share/man/man1/ar.1.gz - FreeBSD-toolchain-man-15.0.1.20250906130029 [pkg-base] conflicts with FreeBSD-utilities-man-15.snap20250724142936 [installed] on /usr/share/man/man1/strings.1.gz - FreeBSD-lp-man-15.0.1.20250906130029 [pkg-base] conflicts with FreeBSD-utilities-man-15.snap20250724142936 [installed] on /usr/share/man/man5/hosts.lpd.5.gz - FreeBSD-clibs-man-15.0.1.20250906130029 [pkg-base] conflicts with FreeBSD-utilities-man-15.snap20250724142936 [installed] on /usr/share/man/man3/ARB16_ENTRY.3.gz - FreeBSD-rc-man-15.0.1.20250906130029 [pkg-base] conflicts with FreeBSD-utilities-man-15.snap20250724142936 [installed] on /usr/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5.gz - FreeBSD-smbutils-man-15.0.1.20250906130029 [pkg-base] conflicts with FreeBSD-utilities-man-15.snap20250724142936 [installed] on /usr/share/man/man5/nsmb.conf.5.gz - FreeBSD-pf-man-15.0.1.20250906130029 [pkg-base] conflicts with FreeBSD-utilities-man-15.snap20250724142936 [installed] on /usr/share/man/man5/pf.conf.5.gz - FreeBSD-csh-15.0.1.20250906130029 [pkg-base] conflicts with FreeBSD-utilities-15.snap20250724142936 [installed] on /usr/share/nls/de_DE.UTF-8/tcsh.cat - FreeBSD-kerberos-man-15.0.1.20250906130029 [pkg-base] conflicts with FreeBSD-kerberos-lib-man-15.snap20250724142936 [installed] on /usr/share/man/man1/krb5-config.1.gz - FreeBSD-runtime-man-15.0.1.20250906130029 [pkg-base] conflicts with FreeBSD-utilities-man-15.snap20250724142936 [installed] on /usr/share/man/man1/alias.1.gz - FreeBSD-acct-man-15.0.1.20250906130029 [pkg-base] conflicts with FreeBSD-utilities-man-15.snap20250724142936 [installed] on /usr/share/man/man5/acct.5.gz - FreeBSD-toolchain-15.0.1.20250906130029 [pkg-base] conflicts with FreeBSD-clang-15.snap20250724142936 [installed] on /usr/bin/ar - FreeBSD-toolchain-15.0.1.20250906130029 [pkg-base] conflicts with FreeBSD-utilities-15.snap20250724142936 [installed] on /usr/bin/strings - FreeBSD-clang-man-15.0.1.20250906130029 [pkg-base] conflicts with FreeBSD-utilities-man-15.snap20250724142936 [installed] on /usr/share/man/man5/ar.5.gz - FreeBSD-clibs-15.0.1.20250906130029 [pkg-base] conflicts with FreeBSD-utilities-15.snap20250724142936 [installed] on /usr/share/doc/ncurses/hackguide.html - FreeBSD-ssh-man-15.0.1.20250906130029 [pkg-base] conflicts with FreeBSD-utilities-man-15.snap20250724142936 [installed] on /usr/share/man/man5/moduli.5.gz - FreeBSD-ufs-man-15.0.1.20250906130029 [pkg-base] conflicts with FreeBSD-utilities-man-15.snap20250724142936 [installed] on /usr/share/man/man5/fs.5.gz - FreeBSD-ee-15.0.1.20250906130029 [pkg-base] conflicts with FreeBSD-utilities-15.snap20250724142936 [installed] on /usr/share/misc/init.ee - FreeBSD-yp-man-15.0.1.20250906130029 [pkg-base] conflicts with FreeBSD-utilities-man-15.snap20250724142936 [installed] on /usr/share/man/man8/NIS.8.gz - FreeBSD-bmake-15.0.1.20250906130029 [pkg-base] conflicts with FreeBSD-utilities-15.snap20250724142936 [installed] on /usr/bin/bmake - FreeBSD-periodic-man-15.0.1.20250906130029 [pkg-base] conflicts with FreeBSD-utilities-man-15.snap20250724142936 [installed] on /usr/share/man/man5/periodic.conf.5.gz - FreeBSD-openssl-man-15.0.1.20250906130029 [pkg-base] conflicts with FreeBSD-openssl-lib-man-15.snap20250724142936 [installed] on /usr/share/openssl/man/man3/ACCESS_DESCRIPTION_free.3.gz Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting) Conflicts with the existing packages have been found. One more solver iteration is needed to resolve them. The following 279 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked): New packages to be INSTALLED: FreeBSD-bmake: 15.0.1.20250906130029 [pkg-base] Installed packages to be UPGRADED: FreeBSD-acct: 15.snap20250724142936 -> 15.0.1.20250906130029 [pkg-base] ... FreeBSD-zoneinfo: 15.snap20250724142936 -> 15.0.1.20250906130029 [pkg-base] Installed packages to be REMOVED: FreeBSD-kerberos-lib-man: 15.snap20250724142936 FreeBSD-openssl-lib-man: 15.snap20250724142936 Number of packages to be removed: 2 Number of packages to be installed: 1 Number of packages to be upgraded: 276 The operation will free 21 MiB. Proceed with this action? [y/N]:y Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting) [1/500] Deinstalling FreeBSD-acct-man-15.snap20250724142936... [1/500] Deleting files for FreeBSD-acct-man-15.snap20250724142936: 100% ... [221/500] Deleting files for FreeBSD-zfs-15.snap20250724142936: 100% [222/500] Upgrading FreeBSD-apm from 15.snap20250724142936 to 15.0.1.20250906130029... [222/500] Extracting FreeBSD-apm-15.0.1.20250906130029: 100% ... [449/500] Installing FreeBSD-certctl-15.0.1.20250906130029... [449/500] Extracting FreeBSD-certctl-15.0.1.20250906130029: 100% [450/500] Installing FreeBSD-caroot-15.0.1.20250906130029... [450/500] Extracting FreeBSD-caroot-15.0.1.20250906130029: 100% pkg: Cannot runscript POST-INSTALL:No such file or directory <---------- woops [451/500] Installing FreeBSD-certctl-man-15.0.1.20250906130029... [451/500] Extracting FreeBSD-certctl-man-15.0.1.20250906130029: 100% ... [472/500] Installing FreeBSD-ssh-15.0.1.20250906130029... [472/500] Extracting FreeBSD-ssh-15.0.1.20250906130029: 0% pkg: Impossible to merge configuration file: /etc/ssh/moduli <----------- woops ... [500/500] Installing FreeBSD-zfs-man-15.0.1.20250906130029... [500/500] Extracting FreeBSD-zfs-man-15.0.1.20250906130029: 100% ``` ## update my custom EFI loader ``` # cp /boot/efi/EFI/FreeBSD/current.efi /boot/efi/EFI/FreeBSD/lastgood.efi # cp /boot/loader.efi /boot/efi/EFI/FreeBSD/ ``` ## delete userland ``` # pkg prime-origins | sort | uniq > /etc/15.lst ### trim a few things # pkg delete $(egrep -v \# /etc/15.lst) # pkg autoremove Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting) Deinstallation has been requested for the following 521 packages: Installed packages to be REMOVED: Box2D: 2.4.1 ... FreeBSD-libsqlite3-lib32: 15.snap20250815041637 <--- interesting FreeBSD-runtime-lib32: 15.snap20250825085356 <--- interesting ... # pkg delete $(pkg info |egrep -v ^FreeBSD | cut -wf 1 | egrep -v pkg-) Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting) Deinstallation has been requested for the following 532 packages (of 0 packages in the universe): Installed packages to be REMOVED: abseil: 20250127.0 ... zstd: 1.5.7 Number of packages to be removed: 532 The operation will free 17 GiB. Proceed with deinstalling packages? [y/N]:y ... # pkg info |egrep -v ^FreeBSD | cut -wf 1 pkg-2.2.2 ``` ## bootstrap pkg again and essential tools ``` # pkg-static bootstrap -f pkg(8) is already installed. Forcing reinstallation through pkg(7). The package management tool is not yet installed on your system. Do you want to fetch and install it now? [y/N]: y Bootstrapping pkg from pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/latest, please wait... # pkg install -r FreeBSD tmux rsync neovim htop fish ripgrep fd-find zoxide doas tarsnap \ ca_root_nss haproxy-lua zerotier Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue... FreeBSD repository is up to date. FreeBSD is up to date. The following 31 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked): New packages to be INSTALLED: compat14x-amd64: 14.2.1402000.20250811 [FreeBSD] doas: 6.3p12 [FreeBSD] ... Number of packages to be installed: 31 The process will require 116 MiB more space. 17 MiB to be downloaded. Proceed with this action? [y/N]: y ... ``` ## reboot here & see if this all works Indeed it does. Install the rest while enjoying a well-deserved beverage.