• Is there a reason that the various https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/releases/PKGBASE-REPOS/15.0-*/ do not have armv7?

    From Mark Millard@marklmi@yahoo.com to muc.lists.freebsd.stable on Wed Nov 19 08:05:06 2025
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    The various:

    https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/releases/PKGBASE-REPOS/15.0-*/

    have: aarch64/ arm64/ powerpc64/ powerpc64le/ riscv64/

    So they include the tier 2 powerpc64 and powerpc64le but not
    the tier 2 armv7. Is that intentional?

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    Mark Millard
    marklmi at yahoo.com



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  • From Colin Percival@cperciva@freebsd.org to muc.lists.freebsd.stable on Wed Nov 19 08:21:59 2025
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    On 11/19/25 08:05, Mark Millard wrote:
    The various:

    https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/releases/PKGBASE-REPOS/15.0-*/

    have: aarch64/ arm64/ powerpc64/ powerpc64le/ riscv64/

    So they include the tier 2 powerpc64 and powerpc64le but not
    the tier 2 armv7. Is that intentional?

    Sort of. The pkgbase repos are built as part of the process of building installer images, which we don't do for armv7; all we provide for armv7 is
    a single embedded image.
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  • From Warner Losh@imp@bsdimp.com to muc.lists.freebsd.stable on Wed Nov 19 13:00:01 2025
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    On Wed, Nov 19, 2025, 9:22=E2=80=AFAM Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org>=
    wrote:

    On 11/19/25 08:05, Mark Millard wrote:
    The various:

    https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/releases/PKGBASE-REPOS/15.0-*/

    have: aarch64/ arm64/ powerpc64/ powerpc64le/ riscv64/

    So they include the tier 2 powerpc64 and powerpc64le but not
    the tier 2 armv7. Is that intentional?

    Sort of. The pkgbase repos are built as part of the process of building installer images, which we don't do for armv7; all we provide for armv7 i=
    s
    a single embedded image.


    We should fix that, but 15.1R. There's lots of good reasons to have this be regular.

    Warner

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    <div dir=3D"auto"><div><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_contai= ner"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Wed, Nov 19, 2025, 9:22=E2=80= =AFAM Colin Percival &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:cperciva@freebsd.org">cperciva@f= reebsd.org</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style= =3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On 11/19= /25 08:05, Mark Millard wrote:<br>
    &gt; The various:<br>
    &gt; <br>
    &gt; <a href=3D"https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/releases/PKGBASE-REPOS/15.= 0-*/" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://download.free= bsd.org/ftp/releases/PKGBASE-REPOS/15.0-*/</a><br>
    &gt; <br>
    &gt; have: aarch64/ arm64/ powerpc64/ powerpc64le/ riscv64/<br>
    &gt; <br>
    &gt; So they include the tier 2 powerpc64 and powerpc64le but not<br>
    &gt; the tier 2 armv7. Is that intentional?<br>

    Sort of.=C2=A0 The pkgbase repos are built as part of the process of buildi= ng<br>
    installer images, which we don&#39;t do for armv7; all we provide for armv7=
    is<br>
    a single embedded image.<br></blockquote></div></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br>= </div><div dir=3D"auto">We should fix that, but 15.1R. There&#39;s lots of = good reasons to have this be regular.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div=
    dir=3D"auto">Warner</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><di=
    v class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_qu= ote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex=

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    Colin Percival<br>
    FreeBSD Release Engineering Lead &amp; EC2 platform maintainer<br>
    Founder, Tarsnap | <a href=3D"http://www.tarsnap.com" rel=3D"noreferrer nor= eferrer" target=3D"_blank">www.tarsnap.com</a> | Online backups for the tru=
    ly paranoid<br>


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  • From Mark Millard@marklmi@yahoo.com to muc.lists.freebsd.stable on Wed Nov 19 13:14:17 2025
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    On Nov 19, 2025, at 08:21, Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org> wrote:

    On 11/19/25 08:05, Mark Millard wrote:
    The various:
    https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/releases/PKGBASE-REPOS/15.0-*/
    have: aarch64/ arm64/ powerpc64/ powerpc64le/ riscv64/
    So they include the tier 2 powerpc64 and powerpc64le but not
    the tier 2 armv7. Is that intentional?

    Sort of. The pkgbase repos are built as part of the process of building installer images, which we don't do for armv7; all we provide for armv7 is
    a single embedded image.


    Does that mean that the default:

    pkg+https://pkgbase.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:15:armv7/base_release_0/

    (or whatever the details) will not work? Will that be
    documented/handled someplace?

    Will armv7 folks wanting to try pkgbase need to cause the use of
    the likes of:

    pkg+https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:15:armv7/base_release_0/

    instead? (kmods_latest_0 and kmodes_quarterly_0 too.)


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    Mark Millard
    marklmi at yahoo.com



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  • From Ronald Klop@ronald-lists@klop.ws to muc.lists.freebsd.stable on Thu Nov 20 09:35:09 2025
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    Van: Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com>
    Datum: woensdag, 19 november 2025 22:14
    Aan: Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD-pkgbase@freebsd.org, FreeBSD-STABLE Mailing List <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
    Onderwerp: Re: Is there a reason that the various https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/releases/PKGBASE-REPOS/15.0-*/ do not have armv7?

    On Nov 19, 2025, at 08:21, Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org> wrote:

    On 11/19/25 08:05, Mark Millard wrote:
    The various:
    https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/releases/PKGBASE-REPOS/15.0-*/
    have: aarch64/ arm64/ powerpc64/ powerpc64le/ riscv64/
    So they include the tier 2 powerpc64 and powerpc64le but not
    the tier 2 armv7. Is that intentional?

    Sort of. The pkgbase repos are built as part of the process of building installer images, which we don't do for armv7; all we provide for armv7 is a single embedded image.


    Does that mean that the default:

    pkg+https://pkgbase.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:15:armv7/base_release_0/

    (or whatever the details) will not work? Will that be
    documented/handled someplace?

    Will armv7 folks wanting to try pkgbase need to cause the use of
    the likes of:

    pkg+https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:15:armv7/base_release_0/

    instead? (kmods_latest_0 and kmodes_quarterly_0 too.)


    ===
    Mark Millard
    marklmi at yahoo.com







    Hi Mark,

    This point doesn't fix your pkgbase issue, but mind that armv7 never had the "legacy" distribution sets (like base.txz, kernel.txz) either.

    This directory https://download.freebsd.org/releases/arm64/aarch64/13.5-RELEASE/ is not available for armv7 https://download.freebsd.org/releases/arm/armv7/.
    So it is not really a regression. It is more that having the distribution set/pkgbase build would be a new feature for armv7 releases.

    BTW: in Jenkins the base.txz is generated so the building blocks are in place somewhere. Although I can't find pkgbase artifacts.
    https://artifact.ci.freebsd.org/snapshot/16.0-CURRENT/latest/arm/armv7/

    Regards,
    Ronald.

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    <p><strong>Van:</strong> Mark Millard &lt;marklmi@yahoo.com&gt;<br> <strong>Datum:</strong> woensdag, 19 november 2025 22:14<br> <strong>Aan:</strong> Colin Percival &lt;cperciva@freebsd.org&gt;, FreeBSD-pkgbase@freebsd.org, FreeBSD-STABLE Mailing List &lt;freebsd-stable@freebsd.org&gt;<br>
    <strong>Onderwerp:</strong> Re: Is there a reason that the various https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/releases/PKGBASE-REPOS/15.0-*/ do not have armv7?</p>

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    <div class="TextPlainViewer" id="P.P">On Nov 19, 2025, at 08:21, Colin Percival &lt;cperciva@freebsd.org&gt; wrote:<br>

    &gt; On 11/19/25 08:05, Mark Millard wrote:<br>
    &gt;&gt; The various:<br>
    &gt;&gt; <a href="https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/releases/PKGBASE-REPOS/15.0-*/">https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/releases/PKGBASE-REPOS/15.0-*/</a><br>
    &gt;&gt; have: aarch64/ arm64/ powerpc64/ powerpc64le/ riscv64/<br>
    &gt;&gt; So they include the tier 2 powerpc64 and powerpc64le but not<br> &gt;&gt; the tier 2 armv7. Is that intentional?<br>
    &gt;<br>
    &gt; Sort of. &nbsp;The pkgbase repos are built as part of the process of building<br>
    &gt; installer images, which we don't do for armv7; all we provide for armv7 is<br>
    &gt; a single embedded image.<br>


    Does that mean that the default:<br>

    pkg+<a href="https://pkgbase.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:15:armv7/base_release_0/">https://pkgbase.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:15:armv7/base_release_0/</a><br>

    (or whatever the details) will not work? Will that be<br>
    documented/handled someplace?<br>

    Will armv7 folks wanting to try pkgbase need to cause the use of<br>
    the likes of:<br>

    pkg+<a href="https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:15:armv7/base_release_0/">https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:15:armv7/base_release_0/</a><br>

    instead? (kmods_latest_0 and kmodes_quarterly_0 too.)<br>


    ===<br>
    Mark Millard<br>
    marklmi at yahoo.com<br>

    &nbsp;</div>

    <hr></div>
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    Hi Mark,<br>

    This point doesn't fix your pkgbase issue, but mind that armv7 never had the "legacy" distribution sets (like base.txz, kernel.txz) either.<br>

    This directory https://download.freebsd.org/releases/arm64/aarch64/13.5-RELEASE/ is not available for armv7&nbsp;https://download.freebsd.org/releases/arm/armv7/.<br>
    So it is not really a regression. It is more that having the distribution set/pkgbase build would be a new feature for armv7 releases.<br>

    BTW: in Jenkins the base.txz is generated so the building blocks are in place somewhere. Although I can't find pkgbase artifacts.<br>
    https://artifact.ci.freebsd.org/snapshot/16.0-CURRENT/latest/arm/armv7/<br>

    Regards,<br>
    Ronald.<br>
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