@whitequark@social.treehouse.systems this causes the base system to be updated from 15.1 to 15.1p3 This is a pkgbase system then? This includes a kernel update, so rebooting is the correct thing to do. If you're using a pkgbase system and don't want to update the base system, you should add -r to specify only the built-from-ports repos. Pkgbase is still marked as experimental, so if you're using it then please report issues upstream!