Re: ARMV7 alpha-1 pkg not installing

From: Glen Barber <gjb_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2023 18:19:30 UTC
I will make sure there is a package set for this arch, just as was the case for previous releases.

Good to know I will not need to look further though. :-)

Glen
Sent from my phone.
Please excuse my brevity and/or typos.

> On Aug 12, 2023, at 1:33 PM, bob prohaska <fbsd@www.zefox.net> wrote:
> 
> On Sat, Aug 12, 2023 at 10:00:17AM -0700, Mark Millard wrote:
>> 
>> I had to adjust: /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf
>> 
>> The issue was the http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:14:armv7/quarterly <http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:armv7/quarterly>
>> reference, instead of using /latest . FreeBSD:14:armv7 does not
>> have quarterly yet. See:
>> 
>> https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:armv7/
>> 
>> that only lists latest/ not quarterly/ .
>> 
>> Have /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf look like:
>> 
>> more /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf 
>> # $FreeBSD$
>> #
>> # To disable this repository, instead of modifying or removing this file,
>> # create a /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf file:
>> #
>> #   mkdir -p /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos
>> #   echo "FreeBSD: { enabled: no }" > /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf
>> #
>> 
>> FreeBSD: {
>>  url: "pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/latest",
>>  mirror_type: "srv",
>>  signature_type: "fingerprints",
>>  fingerprints: "/usr/share/keys/pkg",
>>  enabled: yes
>> }
>> 
>> I did not have to do this for the rock64 or rpi-arm64 snapshots, as
>> I remember, just the armv7 snapshot.
>> 
> That did the trick,
> 
> Is there a seamless way to track what will become stable/14?
> 
> Thank you very much!
> 
> bob prohaska
>