pkg mirror for amd64/11.0-RELEASE?

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roootbeer

Cannot upgrade this system at this time.

Is there a pkg mirror anywhere for amd64/11.0-RELEASE?

I was able to get the ports.txz in the meantime, is that the best option?
 
FreeBSD 11.0 has been end-of-life since November 2017 and is not supported any more.

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T-Daemon said:
Besides the 11 branch is EoL and unsupported, unofficial package repositories are still available.

To name two:

. https://mirror.oneasiahost.com/freebsd-pkg/FreeBSD:11:amd64/
. https://mirror.sg.gs/freebsd-pkg/FreeBSD:11:amd64/

Search machine keyword "FreeBSD:11:amd64".
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Huh... Those mirrors didn't seem to have the package I needed... How strange.

I was able to build it from source from the ports tree, but following the setup guide I should have been able to get with pkg...
 
roootbeer said:
Huh... Those mirrors didn't seem to have the package I needed... How strange.

I was able to build it from source from the ports tree, but following the setup guide I should have been able to get with pkg...
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The 11 documentation was not updated to say what doesn't work anymore for it after it went EOL. You can find a few packages on the dvd iso but otherwise its either 3rd party sources of packages or use ports to build them yourself (assuming distfiles are still available). Building from a current ports tree gets newer programs, but compatibility fixes to have things work or mark them as broken for 11 are more likely to have been removed once 11 is EOL.

Removing support for 11 on ports takes time so getting the last ports.txz that was dated as released within 11's lifetime works. You may find a newer one in another release version's folder that stays within the EOL dates and you can get a little newer if you checkout a copy such as with git and find the last checkout before it was EOL. Copies and checkouts after that will 'eventually' start having less 11 support but what and when will vary port to port.

I don't expect it to happen but it would be nice if there was a repository kept around before support removal. The old repo obviously would have vulnerabilities not get addressed and could complicate things if packages had to be pulled due to incorrect rights or something (normally fixed by fixing the ports tree), but thats the state we already get with old releases being available on servers. Having an iso/img with more or all packages would be the idea of it. Thats a lot of work + space just to keep something people should rarely have a valid+good use for.
 
T-Daemon said:
… unofficial package repositories are still available.
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Officially, for older versions:

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