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

[Chris]

On 2021-02-23 17:07, Brian W. wrote:
> 12-stable is not what you're running if you got that error.
# uname -apKU
FreeBSD fbsd12dev 12.1-STABLE FreeBSD 12.1-STABLE r363918 GENERIC  amd64 
amd64 1201522 1201522
Looks pretty STABLE to me.

--Chris
> Run freebsd-update with appropriate args to get to a later release is the
> easiest option.
> 
> Brian
> 
> On Tue, Feb 23, 2021, 5:04 PM Warner Losh <imp at bsdimp.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Tue, Feb 23, 2021, 4:51 PM Chris <bsd-lists at bsdforge.com> wrote:
>> 
>> > Given this is a pkg(8) error, I brought it up on ports@
>> > but it was suggested I (also?) bring it up here on stable@
>> >
>> > OK awhile back I installed a copy of 12 stable from the
>> > usb stick image. I tweaked it to my wishes then got called
>> > away and haven't been able to get back to it until the other
>> > day. This is still a fresh install which has a populated /usr/src.
>> > So I
>> > svnlite co svn://svn.freebsd.org/ports/head /usr/ports
>> > followed by a
>> > cd /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/pkg/ && make install clean
>> > which returns
>> > make
>> > /!\ ERROR: /!\
>> >
>> > Ports Collection support for your FreeBSD version has ended, and no ports
>> > are
>> > guaranteed to build on this system. Please upgrade to a supported
>> release.
>> >
>> > No support will be provided if you silence this message by defining
>> > ALLOW_UNSUPPORTED_SYSTEM.
>> >
>> > *** Error code 1
>> >
>> > Stop.
>> > Err what? Ok while I think this was from stable 12.1, it's still still
>> 12,
>> > and it's on stable. So what gives?
>> >
>> 
>> 12.1 has reached EOL now that 12.2 has been out a while.
>> 
>> Warner
>> 
>> Thanks in advance for any enlightenment.
>> >
>> > --Chris