Re: files/edd962f76ea4b5869f3c6f8ee5438fb9750b802d02bb8035fe1b7bd0a8ba7401.gz not found -- snapshot corrupt.

> On Feb 15, 2024, at 6:22 PM, Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> On Feb 15, 2024, at 01:49, Tomoaki AOKI <junchoon@dec.sakura.ne.jp> wrote:
> 
>> Dropping freebsd-current ML as this doesn't related current (main) but
>> deprecated release (12.4).
>> Dropping freebsd-arm ML as I'm not subscribed and surely be bounced,
>> and the problem is ports specific.
>> Adding freebsd-ports ML as this is ports related.
>> 
>> Commented inline below.
>> 
>> On Wed, 14 Feb 2024 19:15:43 -0800
>> Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> On Feb 14, 2024, at 18:23, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> You may need to grab the repo. You may have to back up to December's ports tree...
>>> 
>>> My understanding was that portsnap was staying installed
>>> on 13.*-RELEASE until the last version is EOL and that
>>> portsnap servers would be kept operational with valid
>>> content until then.
>>> 
>>> I would have guessed that this would mean that 12.4-RELEASE
>>> or the like would also be able to use the portsnap it
>>> contains over that same time frame.
>>> 
>>> Am I wrong?
>>> 
>>> As stands, git use on 12.4-RELEASE would require bootstrapping
>>> git somehow, possibly via portsnap, building git, and then
>>> installing git (and the other stuff required).
>>> 
>>> (Not that I use portsnap.)
>> 
>> Me too don't use portsnap, but if you want to switch to git, maybe
>> installing git from pkg (as 12.x is already EoL'ed, extract git.pkg
>> from disc1.iso for armv7, install it)
> 
> There is/was no armv7 disc1.iso (or dvd1.iso) to do
> this with.
> 
> http://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/ISO-IMAGES/12.4/
> 
> has only the following for 12.4-RELEASE for armv7:
> 
> FreeBSD-12.4-RELEASE-arm-armv7-BANANAPI.img.xz
> FreeBSD-12.4-RELEASE-arm-armv7-CUBIEBOARD.img.xz
> FreeBSD-12.4-RELEASE-arm-armv7-CUBIEBOARD2.img.xz
> FreeBSD-12.4-RELEASE-arm-armv7-CUBOX-HUMMINGBOARD.img.xz
> FreeBSD-12.4-RELEASE-arm-armv7-GENERICSD.img.xz
> FreeBSD-12.4-RELEASE-arm-armv7-RPI2.img.xz
> FreeBSD-12.4-RELEASE-arm-armv7-WANDBOARD.img.xz
> 
> No dvd1/disc1/memstick material was ever produced for
> armv7 12.4-RELEASE (or for any other armv7 release as
> far as I know). None of the above *.img.xz files
> includes any installed port-packages, nor a populated
> /usr/ports/ tree.
> 
> 
> But the /usr/ports/ tree could be extracted from a
> *.iso or *.img that is not for the armv7 but happens
> to contain a /usr/ports/ : /usr/ports/ is not platform
> specific in its content. (Avoid powerpc* because of
> big endian file system issues?)
> 
>> and clone repo into
>> clean /usr/ports would be better not to poisoning by different metadata.
>> And check out the ports tree of which just befere 12.4 was obsoleted.
>> After that, ports tree starts dropping support for 12.x.
>> 
>> Additional note:
>> I myseld don't even tried, but for portsnap users who needs (forced)
>> to switch to git, net/gitup could be your friend.
>> IIUC, it would be something like csup for cvs or svnup for subversion.
>> 
>> 
>>>> Warner
>>>> 
>>>> On Wed, Feb 14, 2024, 5:51 PM Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Hello.
>>>> 
>>>> 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 :
>>>> 
>>>> marietto@freebsd:/usr # sudo portsnap fetch extract
>>>> 
>>>> ....
>>>> /usr/ports/databases/py-sqlalchemy10/
>>>> /usr/ports/databases/py-sqlalchemy11/
>>>> /usr/ports/databases/py-sqlalchemy12/
>>>> /usr/ports/databases/py-sqlalchemy13/
>>>> /usr/ports/databases/py-sqlalchemy14/
>>>> /usr/ports/databases/py-sqlalchemy20/
>>>> /usr/ports/databases/py-sqlcipher3/
>>>> files/edd962f76ea4b5869f3c6f8ee5438fb9750b802d02bb8035fe1b7bd0a8ba7401.gz not found -- snapshot corrupt.
>>>> 
>>>> I repeated the "portsnap fetch extract" command,but I always get the same error.
>>>> 
>> 
> 
> ===
> Mark Millard
> marklmi at yahoo.com
> 
> 

Hi Everyone,

It has comeup multiple times in discussion about howto bootstrap a ports
tree without portsnap in base when the decision was made to cut the
chord for portsnap. Or even discussion came up about having gitup in the
base or using a git pkg to bootstrap.

From my perspective it's as simple as the following for this specific
case:
# fetch https://cgit.freebsd.org/ports/snapshot/ports-12-eol.tar.gz
# tar -zxf ports-12-eol.tar.gz --strip-components 1 -C /usr/ports

Other users who need a more recent snapshot can definitely find their
way. Snapshot archive of every git commit is available for download
without the need of git checkout. Although this does not create or
include the git meta information to easily update again using git but
once the portstree has been bootstrapped and git installed; sky is the
limit.

Kind regards,
Moin