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FreeBSD Kernel Modules Pkg(8) Repositories
FreeBSD project started to officially add kernel modules pkg(8) repositories to default installation – starting with FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE version. To understand why they were brought to light…
The damage of this policy can be limited with ZFS Boot Environments using tools like beadm(8) or bectl(8) but its just workaround solution. After many years something different was introduced – additional separate kernel modules related pkg(8) repositories – both for quarterly and latest branches. One may ask – why FreeBSD project will not just use the most easy way and build separate set of packages for each release – the answer is simple and brutal – lack of resources – while FreeBSD remains one of the few really free and freedom powered systems – it comes at a price – you do not often get all the toys for free for playing the ‘freedom’ game.
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