Re: files/edd962f76ea4b5869f3c6f8ee5438fb9750b802d02bb8035fe1b7bd0a8ba7401.gz not found -- snapshot corrupt.
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2024 20:47:44 UTC
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. === Mark Millard marklmi at yahoo.com