Re: Tier-2 and git

On Fri, 13 Mar 2026 09:56:04 -0700
bob prohaska <[email protected]> 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?

You can get the ports tarball as part of a release, ie:
https://download.freebsd.org/releases/amd64/14.4-RELEASE/ports.txz

I believe it may even be part of some installation media like DVDs, but
I have not checked this. 
-- 
 Piotr Smyrak