On Sat, May 3, 2025 at 7:07 AM Joseph Mingrone <[email protected]> wrote: ... > We encourage everyone to test pkgbase on spare or test hardware, using > either the installer from one of the latest 15.0 snapshot images [2] or > pkgbasify. Please note that while most of the preliminary feedback has > been positive, this work is still experimental; you should only test on > systems you can afford to lose and reinstall. > > Some outstanding work is planned: > - FreeBSD handbook documentation > - Offline installation support (install media packages) > - Working bootonly.iso > - Pkgbase-based local and cloud VM images.
One aspect of running pkg-base I've found tricky is figuring out which package provides a missing binary, library, or man page. The port pkg-provides answers this type of question for ports, but (seemingly) not for pkg-base (unless I'm being dumb?). Are there plans to add this type of support? Alternatively, if I'm being dumb, can someone point me at some docs? TIA --chuck
