Re: files/edd962f76ea4b5869f3c6f8ee5438fb9750b802d02bb8035fe1b7bd0a8ba7401.gz not found -- snapshot corrupt.

On Feb 15, 2024, at 12:32, Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com> wrote:
> What's the correct port tree for FreeBSD 12.04 for arm 32 bit ? A or B ?
> 
> A) https://cgit.freebsd.org/ports/snapshot/ports-12.4-eol.tar.gz

The above is the newer one, with more security updates, updated
ports, and such: it is from when 12.4-RELEASE went EOL.

> B) https://cgit.freebsd.org/ports/snapshot/ports-release/12.4.0.tar.gz

This is the older one from when 12.4-RELEASE was first built,
long before it went EOL.

> thanks.
> 
> On Thu, Feb 15, 2024 at 6:34 PM Jamie Landeg-Jones <jamie@catflap.org> wrote:
> Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > After a lot of work I've been able to install FreeBSD 12.04 for armv7 on my
> > ARM Chromebook. Now I would like to install some ports. This is what
> > happens when I try to get a fresh ports tree :
> > files/edd962f76ea4b5869f3c6f8ee5438fb9750b802d02bb8035fe1b7bd0a8ba7401gz
> > not found -- snapshot corrupt.
> 
> I'm not sure why the file isn't there - maybe because 12.X is EOL or portsnap
> is deprecated?
> 
> Still, the solution is easy:
> 
> Download the ports tree snapshot as a tar from https://cgit.freebsd.org/ports/

Cool. I'd not explored there.

> Choose a tag, and a format. I suggest 12.4-eol so just fetch
> 
> https://cgit.freebsd.org/ports/snapshot/ports-12-eol.tar.gz
> 
> rm -r /usr/ports
> then untar the downloaded tar file into place.


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Mark Millard
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