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rGa02091d590aa: freebsd-base.7: Document adding a local repo
rG635743c6ec35: freebsd-base.7: Document adding a local repo
rGc4af3f13a4e9: freebsd-base.7: Document adding a local repo

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MFC after: 3 days
Reported by: ivy, kevans

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ziaee created this revision.Apr 23 2026, 8:25 PM

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Harbormaster completed remote builds in B72499: Diff 176294.Apr 23 2026, 8:25 PM

kevans added a subscriber: kevans.Apr 23 2026, 8:34 PM

kevans added inline comments.

share/man/man7/freebsd-base.7
227	So, here's another knob that we should document and use for this example: REPODIR. The pkgbase machinery installs the repo to `${REPODIR}/${PKG_ABI}/<VERSION>`. My personal preference would be that we set the stage with a REPODIR of something like `/usr/local/pkgbase/repo` and then use `file:///usr/local/pkgbase/repo/${ABI}/latest` rather than advocating for maintaining pkgbase repositories inside OBJDIR.

ngie added inline comments.Apr 23 2026, 9:36 PM

share/man/man7/freebsd-base.7
227	What about `/var/db/pkg/repos/FreeBSD-local/` ?

kevans added a subscriber: bapt.Apr 23 2026, 9:43 PM

kevans added inline comments.

share/man/man7/freebsd-base.7
227	I'm probably net-neutral... I have kinda mixed feelings about commandeering paths in pkg's domain, in case @bapt tries to do something there that would conflict with our guidance.

ivy added a subscriber: ivy.Apr 23 2026, 10:10 PM

ivy added inline comments.

share/man/man7/freebsd-base.7
221	maybe a nit, but (despite the name) `/etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf` can be modified by downstream distributors; it seems a bit more neutral to describe it this way.
227	it shouldn't be in `/var/db/pkg`, because that path is owned by pkg(8), and also because this isn't a database. i would be okay with some other path in `/var`, but i don't think the path really matters other than to provide the example; the user can choose where to put it. i do agree suggesting not putting it in `/usr/obj` is a good idea, though. many users won't realise you can change that unless they trawl through build(7).

ziaee added inline comments.Apr 23 2026, 10:23 PM

share/man/man7/freebsd-base.7
227	I feel very strongly that a nice place is /usr/dist/. This is easily understandable from decades of /usr/freebsd-dist/, except we can do something even cleaner this time. Putting everything in /usr/local/ is awful. We have directories so long that cd'ing into them has to be a separate step in the manpage because it'll wrap around the screen. /usr/local/ is for pkg to install things, lets keep it that way please? /usr/obj is clearly meant to be typed. /usr/dist is understandable and clean and in line with that tradition. One thing I dislike about linux is `systemctl suspend`. On freebsd, `zzz`. One is very clearly meant to actually be typed and used. git blames me for 44% of hier, this is a topic that I have investigated and reflected on very thoroughly for many years.

the nit is good, thanks @ivy

I need to reflect more on how to write the ${REPODIR}/${PKG_ABI}/<VERSION>

Harbormaster completed remote builds in B72503: Diff 176303.Apr 23 2026, 10:42 PM

In D56608#1296239, @ziaee wrote:

the nit is good, thanks @ivy

I need to reflect more on how to write the ${REPODIR}/${PKG_ABI}/<VERSION>

I think you could get away with hand waving away the second and third component, referring to the new example for the structure (and explicitly commenting the REPODIR value used)