Bug 276131

Summary:	12.4 packages lost from http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/
Product:	Ports & Packages	Reporter:	off
Component:	Package Infrastructure	Assignee:	Mark Linimon <linimon>
Status:	Closed Works As Intended
Severity:	Affects Many People	Keywords:	pkgbase
Priority:	---
Version:	Latest
Hardware:	Any
OS:	Any

Description off 2024-01-05 17:15:10 UTC

http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:12:i386/quarterly
http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:12:amd64/quarterly
disappeared

however, 12.4 isn't in unsupported list https://www.freebsd.org/security/unsupported/

moreover, [as I understand] 13.x hasn't some old hardware drivers (e. g. network cards), so upgrade to 13/14 isn't even possible in some cases [my case]

Comment 1 off 2024-01-05 17:17:48 UTC

pkg update

Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
pkg: An error occured while fetching package
pkg: An error occured while fetching package
repository FreeBSD has no meta file, using default settings
pkg: An error occured while fetching package
pkg: An error occured while fetching package
Unable to update repository FreeBSD
Error updating repositories!

Comment 2 Mark Linimon freebsd_committer

2024-01-05 17:26:47 UTC

Well, not "lost" as such -- "deleted".

The entire 12.X branch was declared EOL as of 20231231.  This had been
announced some time previously.

The documentation page you're citing is simply out-of-date.  If you look at
the "supported releases" you will not find 12.X.

The commit in question is on 20140102: 
https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-doc/commit/a780e7baabd825a36ae1a06702e38d049c32ba95

mcl

Comment 3 off 2024-01-05 22:12:12 UTC

Are there any (unofficial?) mirrors that retains it?

Comment 4 commit-hook freebsd_committer

2024-01-13 15:11:31 UTC

A commit in branch main references this bug:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=bac934c13b4275f6b679640017b7956801e0452a

commit bac934c13b4275f6b679640017b7956801e0452a
Author:     Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2024-01-13 14:39:11 +0000
Commit:     Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2024-01-13 14:40:02 +0000

    Add EOL 12.4 and stable/12 to unsupported list

    PR:             276131
    Sponsored by:   The FreeBSD Foundation

 website/content/en/security/unsupported.adoc | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

Comment 5 Mark Linimon freebsd_committer

2024-01-18 07:25:42 UTC

(In reply to off from comment #3)
Not that I know of.