Re: May I ask whether FreeBSD's pkg binary packages are compiled on machines with the release version or the stable version?

In reply to: ykla : "May I ask whether FreeBSD's pkg binary packages are compiled on machines with the release version or the stable version?"
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From: Brooks Davis <brooks_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2023 21:25:08 UTC

On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 01:16:26AM +0800, ykla wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> May I ask whether FreeBSD's pkg binary packages are compiled on machines
> with the release version or the stable version?
> 
> I forgot where this explanation appeared. I've been searching for a long
> time and haven't found it. Does anyone know where this explanation is in
> any documentation or wiki?

Packages for stable are built on the oldest supported release (e.g.,
packages for 13.x where built on 13.1-RELEASE until a couple weeks ago when it
went out of support and are now built on 13.2-RELEASE).

-- Brooks