Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:32:30 -0700 From: Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> To: bob prohaska <fbsd@www.zefox.net>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, freebsd-pkg@freebsd.org Cc: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Tier-2 and git [vs. pkg] Message-ID: <a6479f22-822b-41b6-a0cf-c978310aa585@yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <abRBpNo8rgNyxnxC@www.zefox.net>
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On 3/13/26 09:56, bob prohaska wrote: > It just dawned on me that tier-2 platforms don't get pkg support, > which makes the instructions for bootstrapping ports at > https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/ports/#ports-using > somewhat difficult to use. > > Can a preliminary ports tree be obtained via some other means? > One could do a recursive sftp from another local system, > am I missing something obvious? > > Thanks for reading, > > bob prohaska > > > One could imagine having the following populated and kept appropriately up to date separately from any potential official port-tree builds: https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:1[3456]:armv7/latest/Latest/pkg*.pkg* https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:1[3456]:riscv64/latest/Latest/pkg*.pkg* (Is more required for FreeBSD's not-port-based pkg to bootstrap to such that is port based?) They would have to track the oldest supported minor version of the major FreeBSD version. As stands, for armv7: https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:1[345]:armv7/latest/Latest/pkg*.pkg* have builds from back in 2025 Sep./Oct that are from before the official armv7 port-package builds were stopped. They are not being kept up to date with the port-based pkg releases. But, for all I know, the vintages present might still be appropriate for use. Only FreeBSD 16's: https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:16:armv7/latest/Latest/pkg*.pkg* has no matching files of any vintage. (It does not have latest/ at all.) But I'm not sure that having port-based pkg's available to boot strap to this way (or analogous) would be reasonable overall, including the issue of keeping them appropriately up to date (whatever the details would be). -- === Mark Millard marklmi at yahoo.comhome | help
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