Pkg repository is broken...

[sthaug at nethelp.no]

>> I think a lot of people are waiting for some kind of guidance on how
>> to fix these problems, if the repos are supposed to be okay now.
> 
> It would be really great if someone in the know would send something to -announce or similar, with an ETR. Maybe even with suggestions for workarounds.
> 
> A forum thread mentions a workaround for those that cannot easily start compiling their own ports:
> https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/pkg-wrong-architecture-freebsd-12-0-amd64-instead-of-freebsd-12-amd64.74310/page-3
>> ALTABI thing must be added in /usr/local/etc/pkg.conf: ALTABI = "FreeBSD:12.0:amd64"

After the repos were finally in sync, I was able to upgrade my servers.
Some of them simply needed

pkg upgrade

while others needed

pkg bootstrap -f
pkg update -f
pkg upgrade

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no