From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Mar 25 19:14:32 2021 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2F56578A1F for ; Thu, 25 Mar 2021 19:14:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from merlyn@geeks.org) Received: from mail.geeks.org (mail.geeks.org [IPv6:2001:4980:3333:1::1]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4F5vtH6vjLz4XtN for ; Thu, 25 Mar 2021 19:14:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from merlyn@geeks.org) Received: from mail.geeks.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by after-clamsmtpd.geeks.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3116BA041 for ; Thu, 25 Mar 2021 14:14:24 -0500 (CDT) Received: by mail.geeks.org (Postfix, from userid 1003) id 1A78FA040; Thu, 25 Mar 2021 14:14:24 -0500 (CDT) Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2021 14:14:24 -0500 From: Doug McIntyre To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD.org pkg mirror for older versions? Message-ID: References: <8a151ed5-ebce-aad5-714f-457309059d6e@kicp.uchicago.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <8a151ed5-ebce-aad5-714f-457309059d6e@kicp.uchicago.edu> X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4F5vtH6vjLz4XtN X-Spamd-Bar: / Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of merlyn@geeks.org designates 2001:4980:3333:1::1 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=merlyn@geeks.org X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-0.40 / 15.00]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RBL_DBL_DONT_QUERY_IPS(0.00)[2001:4980:3333:1::1:from]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ptr]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; NEURAL_SPAM_MEDIUM(0.90)[0.904]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; SPAMHAUS_ZRD(0.00)[2001:4980:3333:1::1:from:127.0.2.255]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[geeks.org]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:7753, ipnet:2001:4980::/32, country:US]; SUBJECT_ENDS_QUESTION(1.00)[]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2021 19:14:32 -0000 On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 11:16:01AM -0500, Valeri Galtsev wrote: > On 3/24/21 11:08 AM, Alejandro Imass wrote: > > Are there any sites/cdns that maintain older versions of pkg repos that are > > reliable? ... > You are trying to do something that is not designed/supported by any > system vendor (not only FreeBSD), and it is something system > administrators will not do normally. ... I wish there was a way to grab old packages, when I run into bugs in the latest versions that weren't in the earlier versions. Or dropped features, or added features that interfer with something else that will take you 6 weeks to clear. Thankfully I have a big enough pool of machines, that I can usually find the older package in one of the package caches of another machine. But still, would be nice to load the older package back directly.