Re: how to set PACKAGESITE for old release

On 10/12/2023 07:11, Polytropon wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Dec 2023 05:11:04 +0800, hlyg wrote:
>> i've installed 10.2 and run "pkg", default configuration no longer works
>>
>> how to change it to use
>> http://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/
> 
> Sorry, I cannot test this, but does chaning the file
> /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf to contain
> 
> FreeBSD: {
> 	url: "pkg+http://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/"
> }
> 
> work in your situation? Just for testing?

I'm afraid this isn't going to work at all.  For one simple reason: 
`ftp-archive.freebsd.org` does not contain any of the .pkg files pkg(8) 
deals with.

I'm afraid there aren't packages available anywhere for a version of the 
OS that old: space is limited on the servers, and currently supported 
versions of the OS are prioritised.

If the OP needs updates to ported software on a 10.2 system, about the 
only thing they can do is check out a copy of the ports tree from eg. 
https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-ports (other mirrors are available) 
and compile their own.  Even that will be difficult -- 10.2 hasn't been 
supported in the ports for years, and you'ld have to checkout a many- 
years old revision to get something that just worked.

	Cheers,

	Matthew