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Date:      Mon, 19 Jan 2026 23:37:14 -0600
From:      Maku Bex <zagazaw2004@gmail.com>
To:        Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-pkg@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD-14.3: vscode not available through pkg
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As mentioned in my original email, I'm on the latest repo & yes, this is on
x86_64. I'm avoiding ports due to the high cost of time consumption.

Thanks,

On Sun, Jan 18, 2026, 23:26 Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> wrote:

> [Not my day. I somehow caused the other To Email address to be wrong
> as well as having the correction, despite it being right in the first
> message. So the prior one did not even make it to the list. Hopefully
> this one will be available and reasonable to reply to for all the Email
> addresses.]
>
> On 1/18/26 21:14, Mark Millard wrote:
> > [Just correcting a To Email address.]
> >
> > On 1/18/26 21:02, Mark Millard wrote:
> >> On 1/18/26 19:49, Maku Bex wrote:
> >>> Hello,
> >>>
> >>> Was vscode removed from pkg repo?
> >>>
> >>> Running the command `pkg install vscode` produces the error message
> >>> "pkg: No packages available.........." I'm on RELEASE-14.3-p7 and using
> >>> the latest repo. I'm able to install other (available) packages so pkg
> >>> is working as it should.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> Quarterly? Latest? (One can be available when the other is not, for
> >> example. Some times the versions are distinct; other times they are the
> >> same.) I've also assumed amd64 --but that is not the only possibility.
> >> Different platforms need not match for current-version status.
> >>
> >> vscode-1.108.0 (quarterly) and vscode-1.108.1 (latest) both depend on
> >> electron39-29.2.7 currently.
> >>
> >> electron39-29.2.7 is not the version being built for official
> >> distribution (such resource and time intensive builds get only one
> >> version built for distribution):
> >>
> >> The electron* versions built for distribution are currently:
> >> Latest:    electron37-37.10.3
> >> Quarterly: electron37-37.10.3
> >>
> >> As stands, you would have to build:
> >>
> >> electron39-29.2.7
> >> vscode-1.108.* (the appropriate one for your context)
> >>
> >> locally (including any prerequisites not otherwise available with the
> >> appropriate version) and install the subset of things that are required
> >> at run-time.
> >>
> >> However, since builds and installs need not be independent, you might
> >> have to build and install more to be based on the same port source code
> >> vintages as used to do the above builds. Or just build and install
> >> everything locally so that they are consistent.
> >>
> >>
> >> Note, as stands: For quarterly, only deltachat-desktop-2.35.0 and
> >> vscode-1.108.0 depend on electron39-29.2.7; only logseq-0.10.15_1
> >> depends on electron38-38.7.2 . For latest, only deltachat-desktop-2.35.0
> >> and vscode-1.108.1 depend on electron39-29.2.7; only logseq-0.10.15_1
> >> depends on electron38-38.7.2 .
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> ===
> Mark Millard
> marklmi at yahoo.com
>

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<div dir="auto">As mentioned in my original email, I&#39;m on the latest repo &amp; yes, this is on x86_64. I&#39;m avoiding ports due to the high cost of time consumption.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thanks,</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jan 18, 2026, 23:26 Mark Millard &lt;<a href="mailto:marklmi@yahoo.com">marklmi@yahoo.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">[Not my day. I somehow caused the other To Email address to be wrong<br>
as well as having the correction, despite it being right in the first<br>
message. So the prior one did not even make it to the list. Hopefully<br>
this one will be available and reasonable to reply to for all the Email<br>
addresses.]<br>
<br>
On 1/18/26 21:14, Mark Millard wrote:<br>
&gt; [Just correcting a To Email address.]<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; On 1/18/26 21:02, Mark Millard wrote:<br>
&gt;&gt; On 1/18/26 19:49, Maku Bex wrote:<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; Hello,<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; Was vscode removed from pkg repo?<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; Running the command `pkg install vscode` produces the error message<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; &quot;pkg: No packages available..........&quot; I&#39;m on RELEASE-14.3-p7 and using<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; the latest repo. I&#39;m able to install other (available) packages so pkg<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; is working as it should.<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; Quarterly? Latest? (One can be available when the other is not, for<br>
&gt;&gt; example. Some times the versions are distinct; other times they are the<br>
&gt;&gt; same.) I&#39;ve also assumed amd64 --but that is not the only possibility.<br>
&gt;&gt; Different platforms need not match for current-version status.<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; vscode-1.108.0 (quarterly) and vscode-1.108.1 (latest) both depend on<br>
&gt;&gt; electron39-29.2.7 currently.<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; electron39-29.2.7 is not the version being built for official<br>
&gt;&gt; distribution (such resource and time intensive builds get only one<br>
&gt;&gt; version built for distribution):<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; The electron* versions built for distribution are currently:<br>
&gt;&gt; Latest:    electron37-37.10.3<br>
&gt;&gt; Quarterly: electron37-37.10.3<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; As stands, you would have to build:<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; electron39-29.2.7<br>
&gt;&gt; vscode-1.108.* (the appropriate one for your context)<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; locally (including any prerequisites not otherwise available with the<br>
&gt;&gt; appropriate version) and install the subset of things that are required<br>
&gt;&gt; at run-time.<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; However, since builds and installs need not be independent, you might<br>
&gt;&gt; have to build and install more to be based on the same port source code<br>
&gt;&gt; vintages as used to do the above builds. Or just build and install<br>
&gt;&gt; everything locally so that they are consistent.<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; Note, as stands: For quarterly, only deltachat-desktop-2.35.0 and<br>
&gt;&gt; vscode-1.108.0 depend on electron39-29.2.7; only logseq-0.10.15_1<br>
&gt;&gt; depends on electron38-38.7.2 . For latest, only deltachat-desktop-2.35.0<br>
&gt;&gt; and vscode-1.108.1 depend on electron39-29.2.7; only logseq-0.10.15_1<br>
&gt;&gt; depends on electron38-38.7.2 .<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; <br>
<br>
<br>
-- <br>
===<br>
Mark Millard<br>
marklmi at <a href="http://yahoo.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">yahoo.com</a><br>
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