SOLVED A puzzling pkg problem

[Basil Hendroff]

Consider the following jails that are the same patch level:

Entering the first jail, I'm looking for a specific package (Caddy):

Code:

root@truenas-l:/ # iocage console nextcloud
...
root@nextcloud:~ # pkg update
Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
FreeBSD repository is up to date.
All repositories are up to date.
root@nextcloud:~ # pkg search caddy
caddy-2.3.0_1                  Fast, cross-platform HTTP/2 web server with automatic HTTPS
root@nextcloud:~ # exit
logout
root@truenas-l:/ #

Entering the second jail, I do the same thing:

Code:

root@truenas-l:/ # iocage console plex
...
root@plex:~ # pkg update
Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
FreeBSD repository is up to date.
All repositories are up to date.
root@plex:~ # pkg search caddy
caddy-2.4.1                    Fast, cross-platform HTTP/2 web server with automatic HTTPS
root@plex:~ # exit
logout
root@truenas-l:/ #

When I check Caddy on FreshPorts, I see the following:

it appears that the quarterly release of Caddy is available in the first jail, whereas the latest release is available in the second jail. Any ideas on what I have to do in the first jail to make the latest version of Caddy available?

 

[sretalla]

ee /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf

You can either pay attention to the header and create an override... /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf or just edit that file directly to reflect latest instead of quarterly.

 

[Basil Hendroff]

Just a follow-up question before I mark this thread as solved... Why is the default position quarterly rather than latest? Wouldn't the latest be better patched?

 

[sretalla]

Why is the default position quarterly rather than latest? Wouldn't the latest be better patched?

I guess the stability of the software is the focus rather than taking "just released" software which may still be buggy (but patch newer vulnerabilities if applicable).

The option is there to change it for each jail, so I guess a more stable default is not so bad.

 

[Patrick M. Hausen]

Just a follow-up question before I mark this thread as solved... Why is the default position quarterly rather than latest? Wouldn't the latest be better patched?

Quarterly branches are supposed to provide some stability and do receive security patches according to the FreeBSD policy. That's why we use them in our hosting environment, for example.