Re: Where is the 9.3 old-release packages directory ?

In reply to: Stefano Fontes : "Where is the 9.3 old-release packages directory ?"
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From: doug <doug_at_safeport.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2021 03:14:52 UTC

On Tue, 14 Dec 2021, Stefano Fontes wrote:

> /Hi friends,
> I'd decided to trust and solve this issue by exporting the PACKAGESITE 
> environment variable as 
> "http://flashback.sorbs.net/packages/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-9.3-release/Latest/" 
> and by running the (deprecated but still functional...) "pkg_add -r " command 
> to install the Samba package.
> Well, seems to work well for now and Samba is finally installed in my FBSD 
> 9.3-Release Server Box...
> Thank you a lot !!!/
>
ftp-archive.freebsd.org has
   /pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases  - releases
   /pub/FreeBSD-Archive/ports         - packages

I've downloaded releases back to 7.2, but have not used packages