Re: Tier-2 and git [vs. pkg]

On 3/13/26 09:56, bob prohaska wrote:
> It just dawned on me that tier-2 platforms don't get pkg support,
> which makes the instructions for bootstrapping ports at
> https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/ports/#ports-using
> somewhat difficult to use.
> 
> Can a preliminary ports tree be obtained via some other means?
> One could do a recursive sftp from another local system, 
> am I missing something obvious?
> 
> Thanks for reading,
> 
> bob prohaska
>  
> 
> 

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).


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Mark Millard
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