When did pkg(8) drop support for 12-STABLE?

Chris portmaster at bsdforge.com
Wed Feb 24 16:25:17 UTC 2021


On 2021-02-24 00:56, @lbutlr wrote:
> On 23 Feb 2021, at 16:31, Chris <portmaster at bsdforge.com> wrote:
>> It was from a 12-STABLE usb stick (probably 12.1). Is there no way forward, 
>> save
>> building up to 12.2?
> 
> It sounds like the version you want is -RELEASE, not -STABLE.
Yep.
> 
> Think of -STABLE as "We are still working on this, but we THINK it's stable" 
> as
> opposed to RELEASE "this is ready for general release."
Yes. Seems my understanding became inverted somewhere along the line.
I was _really_ looking to install RELEASE.

Thank you very much for taking the time to reply! :-)

--Chris
> 
> Matthius included the steps needed to get to the current supported version.


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