When did pkg(8) drop support for 12-STABLE?

[Matthias Fechner]

Am 24.02.2021 um 00:31 schrieb Chris:
> It was from a 12-STABLE usb stick (probably 12.1). Is there no way 
> forward, save
> building up to 12.2? 

yes:

freebsd-update upgrade -r 12.2-RELEASE
freebsd-update install
# nextboot -k GENERIC
reboot
freebsd-update install
# check that config files in etc are correct!
reboot
# Make sure you point pkg repo definition to correct FreeBSD version
pkg update -f
pkg-static install -f pkg
pkg-static upgrade -F -y
pkg upgrade -f -y
freebsd-update install
reboot

Check for more details the documentation:
https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/updating-upgrading-freebsdupdate.html

Gruß
Matthias

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