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Date:      Thu, 15 Feb 2024 12:47:44 -0800
From:      Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com>
To:        Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com>
Cc:        Jamie Landeg-Jones <jamie@catflap.org>, freebsd-hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, freebsd-arm <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: files/edd962f76ea4b5869f3c6f8ee5438fb9750b802d02bb8035fe1b7bd0a8ba7401.gz not found -- snapshot corrupt.
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On Feb 15, 2024, at 12:32, Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com> =
wrote:
> What's the correct port tree for FreeBSD 12.04 for arm 32 bit ? A or B =
?
>=20
> A) https://cgit.freebsd.org/ports/snapshot/ports-12.4-eol.tar.gz

The above is the newer one, with more security updates, updated
ports, and such: it is from when 12.4-RELEASE went EOL.

> B) https://cgit.freebsd.org/ports/snapshot/ports-release/12.4.0.tar.gz

This is the older one from when 12.4-RELEASE was first built,
long before it went EOL.

> thanks.
>=20
> On Thu, Feb 15, 2024 at 6:34=E2=80=AFPM Jamie Landeg-Jones =
<jamie@catflap.org> wrote:
> Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com> wrote:
>=20
> > After a lot of work I've been able to install FreeBSD 12.04 for =
armv7 on my
> > ARM Chromebook. Now I would like to install some ports. This is what
> > happens when I try to get a fresh ports tree :
> > =
files/edd962f76ea4b5869f3c6f8ee5438fb9750b802d02bb8035fe1b7bd0a8ba7401gz
> > not found -- snapshot corrupt.
>=20
> I'm not sure why the file isn't there - maybe because 12.X is EOL or =
portsnap
> is deprecated?
>=20
> Still, the solution is easy:
>=20
> Download the ports tree snapshot as a tar from =
https://cgit.freebsd.org/ports/

Cool. I'd not explored there.

> Choose a tag, and a format. I suggest 12.4-eol so just fetch
>=20
> https://cgit.freebsd.org/ports/snapshot/ports-12-eol.tar.gz
>=20
> rm -r /usr/ports
> then untar the downloaded tar file into place.


=3D=3D=3D
Mark Millard
marklmi at yahoo.com




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