Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:10:18 -0700 From: bob prohaska <fbsd@www.zefox.net> To: Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tier-2 and git [vs. pkg] Message-ID: <abRTCl7jxT8YzgBW@www.zefox.net> In-Reply-To: <a6479f22-822b-41b6-a0cf-c978310aa585@yahoo.com> References: <abRBpNo8rgNyxnxC@www.zefox.net> <a6479f22-822b-41b6-a0cf-c978310aa585@yahoo.com>
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On Fri, Mar 13, 2026 at 10:32:30AM -0700, Mark Millard wrote: > > 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). > I was thinking to ftp only an initial /usr/ports tree, use make in that tree to compile git and then use git to keep /usr/ports updated. One could then build local versions of poudriere and git, with pkg updating from /usr/src. What could possibly go wrong? 8-) Eventually, FreeBSSD will drift away from supporting old tier-2 platforms, but that's inevitable. Thanks for writing, bob prohaskahome | help
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