[ Dan Langille ]

[CiotBSD]

06/29

⇒ Running pkgbasify on FreeBSD 15.1

At BSDCan 2026, I attended the pkgbase in Production: A Practical Overview talk. What impressed me was the ease with which one could upgrade from 15.0 to 15.1 etc. Included in the demonstration was pkgbasify (“Automatically convert a FreeBSD system to use pkgbase”).

• https://dan.langille.org/2026/06/29/running-pkgbasify-on-freebsd-15-1/

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Running pkgbasify on FreeBSD 15… – Dan Langille's Other Diary : r/freebsd

The blog post concluded:

[18:21 r730-01 dvl ~] % pkg which /bin/sh
/bin/sh was installed by package FreeBSD-runtime-15.0p10

• the run of pkgbasify was on 15.0, not 15.1.

Done. This was easy. I suppose I could have done it earlier.

[CiotBSD]

06/30

⇒ Did VictoriaLogs miss any logs during the reboot?

Yesterday, I modified r730-01 by Running pkgbasify on FreeBSD 15.0 – as a consequence, my log collecting jail was offline. Did it miss any logs?

• https://dan.langille.org/2026/06/30/did-victorialogs-miss-any-logs-during-the-reboot/

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⇒ Running pkgbasify on a FreeBSD 15.0 jail

• https://dan.langille.org/2026/06/30/running-pkgbasify-on-a-freebsd-15-0-jail/

[CiotBSD]

07/06

⇒ During a power outage, how do the three servers in the basement react?

Over the weekend, some branches fell on a neighbor’s power service line. They still had power, but the branches had to be removed. That removal occurred this morning. I saw the trucks at about 6:45 AM as I walked past. I suspected I might lose power, and I did. This post records the shutdown and power on times/sequences. I might find this useful should I need to reevaluate the power-outage procedures.

• https://dan.langille.org/2026/07/06/during-a-power-outage-how-do-the-three-servers-in-the-basement-react/

[CiotBSD]

26/07/17

⇒ Updating FreeBSD 15.0 to FreeBSD 15.1 (via pkgbase)

I decided that Thursday morning at 8:27 AM was the right time to start my first update from FreeBSD 15.0 to 15.1 – all my hosts are now on pkgbase. I used the pgkbasify script. Now it’s time to update again.

• https://dan.langille.org/2026/07/17/updating-freebsd-15-0-to-freebsd-15-1-via-pkgbase/