PHP-upgrade

[Jávorszky Balázs]

Hi Maintainers,

Unfortunately, we have to use PHP in our production server but php84 is 
still stuck at 8.4.8. FreeBSD upgraded it almost immediately (to 8.4.27, 
the patchlevel that fixes the infamous vulnerability). Furthermore, as 
per below, the latest change in Avalon (already almost a year old) has 
some inconsistencies in the dependencies graph.

It looks like as if the development of DragonFlyBSD got stuck or at 
least the fervor that was characteristic even a few years before is 
gone. I think DragonFly is a sane alternative to FreeBSD and, in 
general, to most unix-like systems and it would be painful now to change 
it. Can we count on it?

Regards,

Jávorszky Balázs

On 8/9/26 16:53, Jávorszky Balázs wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This is not new but I couldn't use the solutions suggested. The symptom:
>
> root at whateverhost /h/whateveruser# pkg upgrade
> Updating Avalon repository catalogue...
> Avalon repository is up to date.
> All repositories are up to date.
> Checking for upgrades (340 candidates): 100%
> Processing candidates (340 candidates): 100%
> Cannot solve problem using SAT solver, trying another plan
> Cannot solve problem using SAT solver, trying another plan
> Cannot solve problem using SAT solver, trying another plan
> Cannot solve problem using SAT solver, trying another plan
> Cannot solve problem using SAT solver, trying another plan
> Cannot solve problem using SAT solver, trying another plan
> Cannot solve problem using SAT solver, trying another plan
> Cannot solve problem using SAT solver, trying another plan
> Cannot solve problem using SAT solver, trying another plan
> pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
> upgrade rule: upgrade local libXft-2.3.8 to remote libXft-2.3.8
> cannot install package libXft, remove it from request? [Y/n]:
>
> This is a production system... What should I do? I don't want to break 
> the system. I don't even know what "remove it from request" is 
> supposed to mean.
>
> BTW for us one of the reasons for choosing DragonFLY was the ease of 
> upgrading the system (as opposed to FreeBSD), together with the very 
> mature pkg system of from FreeBSD.
>
> Thanks for any help,
>
> Regards
>
> Jávorszky Balázs
>
>