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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