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

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 prohaska