Re: Is there a reason that the updated https://pkg.freebsd.org still lists the 32-bit FreeBSD:15:powerpc and, now, FreeBSD:16:powerpc ?

Graham Perrin <grahamperrin_at_gmail.com> wrote on
Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2025 23:02:38 UTC :

> On 09/09/2025 21:28, Mark Millard wrote:
> > …
> >
> > Is there a reason that the updated https://pkg.freebsd.org still lists
> > the 32-bit FreeBSD:15:powerpc and, now, lists FreeBSD:16:powerpc as
> > well (again: 32-bit)?
> 
> 
> <https://www.freebsd.org/platforms/#_supported_platforms>
> 
> In the column for 15.x, six platforms are supported.

Not relevant: https://pkg.freebsd.org/ does not (yet?) mention
or cover riscv64. riscv64 is one of the 6 listed as Tier 1 or
Tier 2 for 15.x on:

https://www.freebsd.org/platforms/#_supported_platforms

(and is Tier 2 for 14.x and 13.x as well).

That leaves 5 other platforms supported that are mentioned
on:

https://www.freebsd.org/platforms/#_supported_platforms

not 6. But 6 are actually mentioned on
https://pkg.freebsd.org/ .

Note that 32-bit powerpc is indicated by

https://www.freebsd.org/platforms/#_supported_platforms

to not be supported by 15.x:

Platform Name    TARGET_ARCH 13.x Support Tier 14.x Support Tier Projected 15.x Support Tier
32-bit PowerPC   powerpc     Tier 2            Tier 2            Unsupported

As far as I can tell "Unsupported" for 15.x means:
FreeBSD:15:powerpc should not appear on https://pkg.freebsd.org/

As far as I can tell Unsupported for 15.x also means:
FreeBSD:16:powerpc should not appear on https://pkg.freebsd.org/

I do not know if at some point riscv64 will be added to
https://pkg.freebsd.org/ . But it was not previously added
and is outside what I was commenting on.

> Seeking FreeBSD:15 at <https://pkg.freebsd.org/> finds six lines.

See above. https://pkg.freebsd.org/ should have 5 lines,
not 6, as  long as riscv64 is not listed.

> The same number of lines found for FreeBSD:16

Nothing I wrote indicated that a difference in the number
of lines should or did occur for 15.0 vs. 16 . Both
have the (same) wong number of such lines on
https://pkg.freebsd.org/ .


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Mark Millard
marklmi at yahoo.com