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Dec 29 2018, 9:58 PM (375 w, 4 d)

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Tue, Mar 10

grahamperrin resigned from D55799: Update the new-users article for modern FreeBSD systems..
Tue, Mar 10, 7:20 PM · docs

Mon, Mar 9

grahamperrin requested changes to D55754: 14.4/errata: add issue - freebsd-update hanging when pkg is not bootstrapped.
Mon, Mar 9, 12:35 PM · releng
grahamperrin requested changes to D55754: 14.4/errata: add issue - freebsd-update hanging when pkg is not bootstrapped.
Mon, Mar 9, 6:26 AM · releng

Sat, Mar 7

grahamperrin archived P594 alpha.pkgbase.live signature.
Sat, Mar 7, 3:34 AM

Tue, Feb 24

grahamperrin abandoned D41039: Porter's Handbook: pkg-descr wrapping.
Tue, Feb 24, 8:32 PM
grahamperrin abandoned D40947: FreeBSD/ARM Project: corrections, updates.
Tue, Feb 24, 8:32 PM
grahamperrin abandoned D39460: Decrease use of FTP, and partial updates to releng pages.
Tue, Feb 24, 8:31 PM
grahamperrin abandoned D39179: pkg-stage.sh: _DVD_PACKAGES: a saner list.
Tue, Feb 24, 8:31 PM
grahamperrin abandoned D38767: FreeBSD Handbook: ZFS: correct use of the word 'pool', and a little more .
Tue, Feb 24, 8:31 PM
grahamperrin abandoned D37672: drm-kmod: package description: correct and update.
Tue, Feb 24, 8:31 PM
grahamperrin abandoned D37669: 12.4 release notes: sshd precaution, empty section .
Tue, Feb 24, 8:31 PM
grahamperrin abandoned D37572: fdp-primer: reduce confusion around section levels.
Tue, Feb 24, 8:31 PM
grahamperrin abandoned D37571: regdomain.xml: a usable source for ISO-3166 codes.
Tue, Feb 24, 8:30 PM
grahamperrin resigned from D47996: adduser(8): Add documentation for ZFS encrypted home dataset.
Tue, Feb 24, 8:28 PM
grahamperrin resigned from D39971: it8613hwm(4): add man page.
Tue, Feb 24, 8:27 PM
grahamperrin resigned from D27318: freebsd-version(1): present -v option, to print verbose output.
Tue, Feb 24, 8:27 PM
grahamperrin resigned from D37094: Suggest port maintainers submit bugs for VuXML updates..
Tue, Feb 24, 8:27 PM
Herald added a reviewer for D23085: DRM: Add DRM core files and DRMKPI: andrew.
Tue, Feb 24, 8:25 PM
grahamperrin resigned from D29934: UPDATING: Reorder upgrade steps following sequential order.
Tue, Feb 24, 8:23 PM
grahamperrin added a comment to D55468: committers-guide: Remove freebsdmall from Benefits.

… Don't make me share additional thoughts on the subject.

Tue, Feb 24, 1:12 AM

Mon, Feb 23

grahamperrin resigned from D54433: 15.0R/relnote: Improve upgrading with packages.
Mon, Feb 23, 8:07 PM

Feb 8 2026

grahamperrin added a comment to D54433: 15.0R/relnote: Improve upgrading with packages.
Feb 8 2026, 6:09 PM

Jan 5 2026

grahamperrin added a comment to D53910: website: complete refresh of beastie theme.
Jan 5 2026, 3:17 AM

Jan 1 2026

grahamperrin added a comment to D54433: 15.0R/relnote: Improve upgrading with packages.
In D54433#1244080, @pi wrote:

Will it also explain pkgbasify ?

Jan 1 2026, 3:55 PM
grahamperrin added a comment to D54433: 15.0R/relnote: Improve upgrading with packages.
  1. Orientation
Jan 1 2026, 3:51 PM
grahamperrin added inline comments to D54433: 15.0R/relnote: Improve upgrading with packages.
Jan 1 2026, 5:28 AM
grahamperrin requested changes to D54433: 15.0R/relnote: Improve upgrading with packages.
Jan 1 2026, 5:21 AM
grahamperrin added inline comments to D54433: 15.0R/relnote: Improve upgrading with packages.
Jan 1 2026, 1:18 AM

Dec 20 2025

grahamperrin added inline comments to D54181: 15.0/relnote: Organize Upgrading section.
Dec 20 2025, 9:17 AM

Dec 18 2025

grahamperrin added inline comments to D54181: 15.0/relnote: Organize Upgrading section.
Dec 18 2025, 11:02 PM
grahamperrin added inline comments to D54181: 15.0/relnote: Organize Upgrading section.
Dec 18 2025, 10:51 PM
grahamperrin added inline comments to D54181: 15.0/relnote: Organize Upgrading section.
Dec 18 2025, 10:38 PM
grahamperrin requested changes to D54181: 15.0/relnote: Organize Upgrading section.
Dec 18 2025, 9:58 PM

Nov 19 2025

grahamperrin accepted D53534: Handbook pkgbase upgrade: Split pkgbase major upgrade to use zfs with boot environments, add workaround lock pkg.

Thanks! I'm (blindly) accepting without checking.

Nov 19 2025, 8:00 AM · pkgbase

Nov 7 2025

grahamperrin added a comment to D53534: Handbook pkgbase upgrade: Split pkgbase major upgrade to use zfs with boot environments, add workaround lock pkg.

My current thought is much the same as Sergio's in August:

Nov 7 2025, 1:54 PM · pkgbase

Nov 4 2025

grahamperrin requested changes to D53534: Handbook pkgbase upgrade: Split pkgbase major upgrade to use zfs with boot environments, add workaround lock pkg.

I'll pause for now, because I find it difficult to visualise with Phabricator. Clicking Undo does not undo (so, you may see repetition), and so on.

Nov 4 2025, 2:03 AM · pkgbase
grahamperrin added a comment to D53534: Handbook pkgbase upgrade: Split pkgbase major upgrade to use zfs with boot environments, add workaround lock pkg.

Can you tell when pkgbase.freebsd.org will be introduced?

Nov 4 2025, 12:38 AM · pkgbase
grahamperrin updated subscribers of D53534: Handbook pkgbase upgrade: Split pkgbase major upgrade to use zfs with boot environments, add workaround lock pkg.

A while ago, probably around August, I began referring to freebsd-update as legacy, because it was commonly understood that it would be "removed or at least neutered" with 15.0-RELEASE.

Nov 4 2025, 12:32 AM · pkgbase

Nov 2 2025

grahamperrin added inline comments to D53534: Handbook pkgbase upgrade: Split pkgbase major upgrade to use zfs with boot environments, add workaround lock pkg.
Nov 2 2025, 5:41 PM · pkgbase

Sep 24 2025

grahamperrin added a comment to D52621: packages: Remove set-devel from set-base.
In D52621#1203868, @ivy wrote:
Sep 24 2025, 1:00 AM

Sep 23 2025

grahamperrin added a comment to D52621: packages: Remove set-devel from set-base.

FreeBSD-base is the name of the repo for all FreeBSD (operating system) packages.

Sep 23 2025, 6:46 PM
grahamperrin added a comment to D52688: freebsd-update: Library ordering.

Tested with:

Sep 23 2025, 6:34 PM

Sep 22 2025

grahamperrin requested changes to D52644: packages.7: New manpage describing pkgbase.
Sep 22 2025, 1:13 AM

Sep 20 2025

grahamperrin added inline comments to D52644: packages.7: New manpage describing pkgbase.
Sep 20 2025, 10:38 PM
grahamperrin added inline comments to D52644: packages.7: New manpage describing pkgbase.
Sep 20 2025, 10:23 PM

Sep 17 2025

grahamperrin added a comment to D52558: bsdinstall: Use package sets for pkgbase install.

I can't visualise the current edition of the dialogue, can someone provide a screenshot?

Sep 17 2025, 5:08 PM

Sep 8 2025

grahamperrin added a comment to D52412: packages: Add meta-package sets.

If I intentionally delete an unwanted non-essential automatic package that is not a meta package, then will pkg check -d prompt to reinstall?

Sep 8 2025, 1:21 AM

Aug 29 2025

grahamperrin added a comment to D42150: bsdinstall: when installing UEFI, place the bootloader on all disks.

Related: https://bugs.freebsd.org/258987 point 1.

Aug 29 2025, 12:28 AM

Aug 26 2025

grahamperrin added a comment to D52161: sh: Remove /.profile.

… single user.

Aug 26 2025, 7:41 PM
grahamperrin added a comment to D52162: sh, csh: Add config tag to profile scripts in /.
Aug 26 2025, 5:14 PM
grahamperrin added a comment to D51916: bsdinstall: put FreeBSD-base.conf in /etc/pkg.

On the other hand, /etc/pkg/repos/ (if created) might be valid.

Aug 26 2025, 3:12 PM
grahamperrin requested changes to D51916: bsdinstall: put FreeBSD-base.conf in /etc/pkg.
Aug 26 2025, 2:44 PM
grahamperrin added a comment to D52161: sh: Remove /.profile.

Commit log messages for D52161 and D52162 should, please, show:

Aug 26 2025, 12:05 PM

Aug 24 2025

grahamperrin added inline comments to D51279: started working on a chapter for pkgbase.
Aug 24 2025, 5:33 PM · pkgbase
grahamperrin added inline comments to D51279: started working on a chapter for pkgbase.
Aug 24 2025, 5:24 PM · pkgbase
grahamperrin requested changes to D51279: started working on a chapter for pkgbase.
Aug 24 2025, 5:04 PM · pkgbase
grahamperrin added a comment to D51279: started working on a chapter for pkgbase.

… Changed that to "If you want to start building your own pkgbase packets" instead of "To start building custom pkgbase packets". Does that answer your question? If not please specify. …

Aug 24 2025, 4:52 PM · pkgbase
grahamperrin added inline comments to D51279: started working on a chapter for pkgbase.
Aug 24 2025, 8:54 AM · pkgbase
grahamperrin added inline comments to D51279: started working on a chapter for pkgbase.
Aug 24 2025, 7:56 AM · pkgbase
grahamperrin added inline comments to D51279: started working on a chapter for pkgbase.
Aug 24 2025, 7:26 AM · pkgbase
grahamperrin requested changes to D51279: started working on a chapter for pkgbase.
Aug 24 2025, 6:43 AM · pkgbase

Aug 21 2025

grahamperrin added inline comments to D51279: started working on a chapter for pkgbase.
Aug 21 2025, 6:46 AM · pkgbase

Aug 19 2025

grahamperrin added a comment to D51279: started working on a chapter for pkgbase.

pkgbase (lowercase) throughout, thanks.

Aug 19 2025, 4:09 AM · pkgbase

Aug 18 2025

grahamperrin added a comment to D51594: pkgbasify: Add to the base system.

Will there be a distinct FreeBSD-pkgbasify package in the FreeBSD-base repo?

Aug 18 2025, 3:35 AM

Aug 15 2025

grahamperrin updated subscribers of D51916: bsdinstall: put FreeBSD-base.conf in /etc/pkg.

Compare with a single FreeBSD.conf for multiple FreeBSD repos, e.g. https://reviews.freebsd.org/D50583.

Aug 15 2025, 4:20 PM

Jul 27 2025

grahamperrin added a comment to D50894: New Accessibility Handbook.

In the preview, some of the navigation buttons don't work, for example:

Jul 27 2025, 3:35 AM · Accessibility

Jul 21 2025

grahamperrin added a comment to D51101: bsdinstall: always install FreeBSD-base.conf if using pkgbase.

Compare with the precedent of a single file:

Jul 21 2025, 12:23 AM

Jul 17 2025

grahamperrin abandoned D36786: freebsd-update.sh: EDITOR: if not set, prefer ee.

Packages are the future.

Jul 17 2025, 10:22 AM

May 29 2025

grahamperrin added a comment to D50583: pkg.conf: Use kmod repositories.

… setting a higher priority didn't help in my case …

May 29 2025, 11:34 PM

Apr 3 2025

grahamperrin added a comment to D49457: Update x11/nvidia-driver-470 and x11/linux-nvidia-libs-470 to 470.256.02.
Apr 3 2025, 6:27 AM

Apr 1 2025

grahamperrin added a comment to D49457: Update x11/nvidia-driver-470 and x11/linux-nvidia-libs-470 to 470.256.02.

For completeness, I'm testing with a GPU for which the 470.⋯ driver is:

Apr 1 2025, 11:54 PM
grahamperrin accepted D49457: Update x11/nvidia-driver-470 and x11/linux-nvidia-libs-470 to 470.256.02.
Apr 1 2025, 11:24 PM
grahamperrin added a comment to D49457: Update x11/nvidia-driver-470 and x11/linux-nvidia-libs-470 to 470.256.02.
Apr 1 2025, 11:24 PM

Mar 31 2025

grahamperrin added a comment to D49457: Update x11/nvidia-driver-470 and x11/linux-nvidia-libs-470 to 470.256.02.

… 06:41 on Sunday. Whilst the clock on the lock screen was wrong (02:33), the system was not frozen. …

Mar 31 2025, 1:46 PM
grahamperrin added a comment to D49457: Update x11/nvidia-driver-470 and x11/linux-nvidia-libs-470 to 470.256.02.

… With Plasma set to turn off the screen after two minutes, I sometimes found all displays blank/dark after e.g. moving a trackball. Not turning on, presumably, although they're on after Control-Alt-F2 (vt at ttyv1) and remain on after Alt-F9 (back to Plasma). … sense that the symptom was more likely to occur with two external displays.

Mar 31 2025, 9:29 AM
grahamperrin added a comment to D49457: Update x11/nvidia-driver-470 and x11/linux-nvidia-libs-470 to 470.256.02.

… OK so far, no sense of regression. I'll test with WBINVD=on. …

Mar 31 2025, 12:22 AM

Feb 10 2025

grahamperrin accepted D48909: news: correct commit bit type for ashafer.

Thanks

Feb 10 2025, 10:56 AM

Feb 7 2025

grahamperrin added inline comments to D48694: New committer (ports): Austin Shafer (ashafer).
Feb 7 2025, 1:35 AM

Dec 19 2024

grahamperrin accepted D47996: adduser(8): Add documentation for ZFS encrypted home dataset.

Thanks. With all inlines hidden, the language looks OK, to me.

Dec 19 2024, 6:10 PM
grahamperrin added a comment to D48131: rtwn_pci.4: Mention RTL8188CE in HARDWARE.

Reported by: grahamperrin

Dec 19 2024, 12:30 PM

Dec 13 2024

grahamperrin added a comment to D47997: kmod: append osversion to the portversion.

Is addition to UPDATING appropriate?

Dec 13 2024, 1:55 PM

Dec 12 2024

grahamperrin requested changes to D47996: adduser(8): Add documentation for ZFS encrypted home dataset.
Dec 12 2024, 12:18 AM

Oct 12 2024

grahamperrin added a comment to D46960: handbook/conferencing: Fix sysrc examples.

Looks OK to me.

Oct 12 2024, 7:12 AM · docs

May 27 2024

grahamperrin added a comment to D45377: pkgbase: Fix csh /root/.cshrc.

Nit (if the summary will be the commit message), taggued and break should be:

May 27 2024, 8:46 AM

Mar 17 2024

grahamperrin added a comment to D16457: Subpackages. (deal with it.).

Time to close?

Mar 17 2024, 3:07 AM

Mar 2 2024

grahamperrin added a comment to D44073: nvidia-drm-kmod: Update to 550.54.14.

Late changes. Spelling, and (I think) you need not state .ko in the context of e.g. kldload.

Mar 2 2024, 8:59 PM

Feb 4 2024

grahamperrin added a comment to D43347: snd_uaudio: provide information about the device name and attached driver.

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=271574 updated.

Feb 4 2024, 6:46 PM

Feb 2 2024

grahamperrin added a comment to D42722: handbook: update current version before freebsd-upgrade.
Feb 2 2024, 10:29 AM

Dec 16 2023

grahamperrin added a comment to D36786: freebsd-update.sh: EDITOR: if not set, prefer ee.

Thanks. I ran a few tests. One test result below.

Dec 16 2023, 2:29 AM

Dec 15 2023

grahamperrin reclaimed D36786: freebsd-update.sh: EDITOR: if not set, prefer ee.
Dec 15 2023, 8:04 AM
grahamperrin added a comment to D36786: freebsd-update.sh: EDITOR: if not set, prefer ee.

I forgot:

Dec 15 2023, 8:04 AM

Dec 14 2023

grahamperrin abandoned D36786: freebsd-update.sh: EDITOR: if not set, prefer ee.

@delphij thanks for the context.

Dec 14 2023, 4:07 PM

Dec 12 2023

grahamperrin added a comment to D36786: freebsd-update.sh: EDITOR: if not set, prefer ee.

The tail of today's https://old.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/18gtb5r/-/:

Dec 12 2023, 11:07 PM

Nov 10 2023

grahamperrin added a comment to D42546: Highlights of changes that appeared already in 13.1/13.2.

Unexpected loss of free space has taken some users by surprise.

Nov 10 2023, 8:54 PM
grahamperrin added inline comments to D42546: Highlights of changes that appeared already in 13.1/13.2.
Nov 10 2023, 8:49 PM

Oct 20 2023

grahamperrin accepted D42304: 14.0 relnotes: markup and wording fixes from Graham Perrin.
Oct 20 2023, 5:18 AM

Oct 19 2023

grahamperrin added inline comments to D42304: 14.0 relnotes: markup and wording fixes from Graham Perrin.
Oct 19 2023, 11:34 PM
grahamperrin requested changes to D42304: 14.0 relnotes: markup and wording fixes from Graham Perrin.

@karels, nice catch with the audible parts of "a -i option". I made the same mistake with something a few months ago.

Oct 19 2023, 11:33 PM

Oct 17 2023

grahamperrin accepted D42214: 14.0 relnotes: additions to date.

After https://cgit.freebsd.org/doc/tree/website/content/en/releases/14.0R/installation.adoc is created, with the customary Upgrading FreeBSD content, then thought can be given to foot-shooting (e.g. https://reviews.freebsd.org/D42214#963193).

Oct 17 2023, 8:50 AM

Oct 16 2023

grahamperrin added inline comments to D42214: 14.0 relnotes: additions to date.
Oct 16 2023, 7:58 PM