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

[Paul Mather]

> On Feb 23, 2021, at 9:02 PM, Chris <bsd-lists at BSDforge.com> wrote:
> 
> On 2021-02-23 17:07, Brian W. wrote:
>> 12-stable is not what you're running if you got that error.
> # uname -apKU
> FreeBSD fbsd12dev 12.1-STABLE FreeBSD 12.1-STABLE r363918 GENERIC  amd64 amd64 1201522 1201522
> Looks pretty STABLE to me.


It may be -STABLE but it apparently hasn't been updated in a while.  You're running FreeBSD version 1201522, which is some flavour of 12.1.  As Warner pointed out, FreeBSD 12.1 has reached EOL, and is no longer officially supported by ports.

By way of comparison, here is a 12-STABLE system I updated yesterday:

gromit ~% uname -a
FreeBSD gromit.dlib.vt.edu 12.2-STABLE FreeBSD 12.2-STABLE stable/12-n232755-dfb372f5d38c GENERIC  amd64
gromit ~% uname -U
1202505


If you want to continue to use ports on that system I suggest you do a source upgrade to at least 12.2-STABLE (or else install a 12.2-STABLE snapshot).

Cheers,

Paul.


> 
> --Chris
>> Run freebsd-update with appropriate args to get to a later release is the
>> easiest option.
>> Brian
>> On Tue, Feb 23, 2021, 5:04 PM Warner Losh <imp at bsdimp.com> wrote:
>>> On Tue, Feb 23, 2021, 4:51 PM Chris <bsd-lists at bsdforge.com> wrote:
>>> > Given this is a pkg(8) error, I brought it up on ports@
>>> > but it was suggested I (also?) bring it up here on stable@
>>> >
>>> > OK awhile back I installed a copy of 12 stable from the
>>> > usb stick image. I tweaked it to my wishes then got called
>>> > away and haven't been able to get back to it until the other
>>> > day. This is still a fresh install which has a populated /usr/src.
>>> > So I
>>> > svnlite co svn://svn.freebsd.org/ports/head /usr/ports
>>> > followed by a
>>> > cd /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/pkg/ && make install clean
>>> > which returns
>>> > make
>>> > /!\ ERROR: /!\
>>> >
>>> > Ports Collection support for your FreeBSD version has ended, and no ports
>>> > are
>>> > guaranteed to build on this system. Please upgrade to a supported
>>> release.
>>> >
>>> > No support will be provided if you silence this message by defining
>>> > ALLOW_UNSUPPORTED_SYSTEM.
>>> >
>>> > *** Error code 1
>>> >
>>> > Stop.
>>> > Err what? Ok while I think this was from stable 12.1, it's still still
>>> 12,
>>> > and it's on stable. So what gives?
>>> >
>>> 12.1 has reached EOL now that 12.2 has been out a while.
>>> Warner
>>> Thanks in advance for any enlightenment.
>>> >
>>> > --Chris
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