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 > > > -- === Mark Millard marklmi at yahoo.com
