Re: Tier-2 and git

Peter Jeremy <[email protected]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 09:39:21 +1100

Newsgroups	gmane.os.freebsd.devel.ports
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

On 2026-Mar-13 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?

In summary:
* pkg isn't supported on tier-2 platforms
* git is unusable on resource-constrained systems
* there aren't supported alternatives to git for either ports or src.

For local systems, I just use NFS.

For remote systems, my solution was to setup rsyncd offering read-only
access to /usr/ports (less the distfiles and packages directories) as
well as the various src trees that I run, inside WireGuard tunnels.
The remote systems then rsync the trees they want.

-- 
Peter Jeremy

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