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Date:      Mon, 09 Mar 2020 07:59:55 +0100 (CET)
From:      sthaug@nethelp.no
To:        stb@lassitu.de
Cc:        grog@FreeBSD.org, lars.engels@0x20.net, marco+freebsd-current@lordsith.net, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Pkg repository is broken...
Message-ID:  <20200309.075955.447156967.sthaug@nethelp.no>
In-Reply-To: <53A16BDE-B0E1-4142-9A7A-7479F297CA4F@lassitu.de>
References:  <20200307003855.GG85938@eureka.lemis.com> <20200307.085046.39440897.sthaug@nethelp.no> <53A16BDE-B0E1-4142-9A7A-7479F297CA4F@lassitu.de>

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>> I think a lot of people are waiting for some kind of guidance on how
>> to fix these problems, if the repos are supposed to be okay now.
> 
> It would be really great if someone in the know would send something to -announce or similar, with an ETR. Maybe even with suggestions for workarounds.
> 
> A forum thread mentions a workaround for those that cannot easily start compiling their own ports:
> https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/pkg-wrong-architecture-freebsd-12-0-amd64-instead-of-freebsd-12-amd64.74310/page-3
>> ALTABI thing must be added in /usr/local/etc/pkg.conf: ALTABI = "FreeBSD:12.0:amd64"

After the repos were finally in sync, I was able to upgrade my servers.
Some of them simply needed

pkg upgrade

while others needed

pkg bootstrap -f
pkg update -f
pkg upgrade

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no



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