Re: Tier-2 and git

On 3/13/26 09:56, bob prohaska wrote:
> It just dawned on me that tier-2 platforms don't get pkg support,

I just noticed that despite the following appearing to be populated with
old port-package builds:

https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:15:armv7/latest/

https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:armv7/latest/
https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:armv7/quarterly/

https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:13:armv7/latest/
https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:13:armv7/quarterly/

it turns out that:

https://people.freebsd.org/~dbaio/pkg-master-report.html

no longer shows such older " latest " or " quarterly " port-package
builds at all (no _ in those Set names). The oldest " latest " timestamp
(UTC) shown is: 2026-03-01 13:09:46Z . " quarterly ": 2026-02-26
00:40:45Z . The old armv7 builds go back to the likes of 2025-Sep./Oct.

What shows (so: having modern port-package builds):

latest:
freebsd:1[3456]:x86:64 a.k.a amd64 for 13.5, 14.3, 15.0 and main (16)
freebsd:1[3456]:aarch64:64 a.k.a. aarch64 for the same
freebsd:1[34]:x86:32       a.k.a. i386 for 13.5 and 14.3

quarterly:
freebsd:1[345]:x86:64 a.k.a amd64 for 13.5, 14.3, 15.0 and main (16)
freebsd:1[345]:aarch64:64 a.k.a. aarch64 for the same
freebsd:1[34]:x86:32      a.k.a. i386 for 13.5 and 14.3

> 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
>  
> 
> 


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