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Port details
tarbsd-builder Minimal FreeBSD image builder
25.09.28 sysutils on this many watch lists=1 search for ports that depend on this port Find issues related to this port Report an issue related to this port View this port on Repology. pkg-fallout 25.08.27Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch.
Maintainer: pkaipila@gmail.com search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2025-08-18 12:18:02
Last Update: 2025-10-02 10:32:11
Commit Hash: ed1a2c6
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License: BSD2CLAUSE
WWW:
https://github.com/pavetheway91/tarbsd
Description:
tarBSD builder builds FreeBSD images that boot to memory. Depending on installed packages, the image can be even smaller than 40 megabytes.
Homepage    cgit ¦ Codeberg ¦ GitHub ¦ GitLab ¦ SVNWeb - no subversion history for this port

Manual pages:
FreshPorts has no man page information for this port.
pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist
There is no configure plist information for this port.
USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
  • no SUBR information found for this port
Dependency lines:
  • tarbsd-builder${PHP_PKGNAMESUFFIX}>0:sysutils/tarbsd-builder
To install the port:
cd /usr/ports/sysutils/tarbsd-builder/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install sysutils/tarbsd-builder
  • pkg install tarbsd-builder-php83
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: tarbsd-builder-php83
Package flavors (<flavor>: <package>)
  • php83: tarbsd-builder-php83
  • php82: tarbsd-builder-php82
  • php84: tarbsd-builder-php84
  • php85: tarbsd-builder-php85
ONLY_FOR_ARCHS: aarch64 amd64 i386
distinfo:
TIMESTAMP = 1759047489 SHA256 (pavetheway91-tarbsd-25.09.28_GH0-25.09.28/pavetheway91-tarbsd-25.09.28_GH0.tar.gz) = dc489d11213f857cd09b47450a6d09a5fc87a19ae1da93fa0e75fd218691261e SIZE (pavetheway91-tarbsd-25.09.28_GH0-25.09.28/pavetheway91-tarbsd-25.09.28_GH0.tar.gz) = 1032268

Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC):
tarbsd-builder-php82
ABIaarch64amd64armv6armv7i386powerpcpowerpc64powerpc64le
FreeBSD:13:latest25.08.2725.08.27--25.09.28---
FreeBSD:13:quarterly-25.09.28--25.09.28---
FreeBSD:14:latest25.08.2725.09.28--25.09.28---
FreeBSD:14:quarterly-25.09.28--25.09.28---
FreeBSD:15:latest25.08.2725.09.28n/a25.08.17n/a---
FreeBSD:15:quarterly--n/a-n/a---
FreeBSD:16:latest-25.09.28n/a-n/a---
 

tarbsd-builder-php83
ABIaarch64amd64armv6armv7i386powerpcpowerpc64powerpc64le
FreeBSD:13:latest25.08.2725.08.27--25.09.28---
FreeBSD:13:quarterly-25.09.28--25.09.28---
FreeBSD:14:latest25.08.2725.09.28--25.09.28---
FreeBSD:14:quarterly-25.09.28--25.09.28---
FreeBSD:15:latest25.08.2725.09.28n/a25.08.17n/a---
FreeBSD:15:quarterly--n/a-n/a---
FreeBSD:16:latest-25.09.28n/a-n/a---
 

tarbsd-builder-php84
ABIaarch64amd64armv6armv7i386powerpcpowerpc64powerpc64le
FreeBSD:13:latest25.08.2725.08.27--25.09.28---
FreeBSD:13:quarterly-25.09.28--25.09.28---
FreeBSD:14:latest25.08.2725.09.28--25.09.28---
FreeBSD:14:quarterly-25.09.28--25.09.28---
FreeBSD:15:latest25.08.2725.09.28n/a25.08.17n/a---
FreeBSD:15:quarterly--n/a-n/a---
FreeBSD:16:latest-25.09.28n/a-n/a---
 

tarbsd-builder-php85
ABIaarch64amd64armv6armv7i386powerpcpowerpc64powerpc64le
FreeBSD:13:latest25.08.2725.08.27--25.09.28---
FreeBSD:13:quarterly-25.09.28--25.09.28---
FreeBSD:14:latest25.08.2725.09.28--25.09.28---
FreeBSD:14:quarterly-25.09.28--25.09.28---
FreeBSD:15:latest25.08.2725.09.28n/a25.08.17n/a---
FreeBSD:15:quarterly--n/a-n/a---
FreeBSD:16:latest-25.09.28n/a-n/a---
 

Dependencies
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
Build dependencies:
  1. php.h : lang/php83
  2. ctype.so : textproc/php83-ctype
  3. filter.so : security/php83-filter
  4. mbstring.so : converters/php83-mbstring
  5. pcntl.so : devel/php83-pcntl
  6. phar.so : archivers/php83-phar
  7. zlib.so : archivers/php83-zlib
Runtime dependencies:
  1. pkg : ports-mgmt/pkg
  2. zopfli : archivers/zopfli
  3. php.h : lang/php83
  4. ctype.so : textproc/php83-ctype
  5. filter.so : security/php83-filter
  6. mbstring.so : converters/php83-mbstring
  7. pcntl.so : devel/php83-pcntl
  8. phar.so : archivers/php83-phar
  9. zlib.so : archivers/php83-zlib
There are no ports dependent upon this port

Configuration Options:
===> The following configuration options are available for tarbsd-builder-php83-25.09.28: INTL=off: Intl extension instead of a polyfill QEMU_TOOLS=off: Export image to hypervisor formats ZOPFLI=on: Better kernel compression ===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
Options name:
sysutils_tarbsd-builder
USES:
php:flavors,build
FreshPorts was unable to extract/find any pkg message
Master Sites:
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Number of commits found: 4

Commit History - (may be incomplete: for full details, see links to repositories near top of page)
CommitCreditsLog message
25.09.28
02 Oct 2025 10:32:11
commit hash: ed1a2c694a41ce86d6d776d8d8f6fdf28d8fb459commit hash: ed1a2c694a41ce86d6d776d8d8f6fdf28d8fb459commit hash: ed1a2c694a41ce86d6d776d8d8f6fdf28d8fb459commit hash: ed1a2c694a41ce86d6d776d8d8f6fdf28d8fb459 files touched by this commit
Älven (alven) search for other commits by this committer
Author: Paavo-Einari Kaipila
sysutils/tarbsd-builder: Update 25.08.27 => 25.09.28

This update adds FreeBSD 15 support
https://github.com/pavetheway91/tarbsd/releases/tag/25.09.26b
https://github.com/pavetheway91/tarbsd/releases/tag/25.09.28

Commit log:
https://github.com/pavetheway91/tarbsd/compare/25.08.27...25.09.28

* Pet portclippy(1) and portfmt(1)

PR:	 	289850
Approved by:	yuri@ (Mentor)
25.08.27
27 Aug 2025 14:21:44
commit hash: dc71b6363b750f5a55b0beef203ac0821ace1e23commit hash: dc71b6363b750f5a55b0beef203ac0821ace1e23commit hash: dc71b6363b750f5a55b0beef203ac0821ace1e23commit hash: dc71b6363b750f5a55b0beef203ac0821ace1e23 files touched by this commit
Vladimir Druzenko (vvd) search for other commits by this committer
Author: Paavo-Einari Kaipila
sysutils/tarbsd-builder: Update 25.08.24 => 25.08.27

Changelog:
https://github.com/pavetheway91/tarbsd/releases/tag/25.08.27

Commit log:
https://github.com/pavetheway91/tarbsd/compare/25.08.24...25.08.27

PR:	289130
25.08.24
26 Aug 2025 16:05:50
commit hash: d16ae4bb5124657016cc789ccd9b0df46c1f6a22commit hash: d16ae4bb5124657016cc789ccd9b0df46c1f6a22commit hash: d16ae4bb5124657016cc789ccd9b0df46c1f6a22commit hash: d16ae4bb5124657016cc789ccd9b0df46c1f6a22 files touched by this commit
Vladimir Druzenko (vvd) search for other commits by this committer
Author: Paavo-Einari Kaipila
sysutils/tarbsd-builder: Update 25.08.17 => 25.08.24

Most notably, this version adds support for pkgbase:
https://github.com/pavetheway91/tarbsd/releases/tag/25.08.24

Commit log:
https://github.com/pavetheway91/tarbsd/compare/25.08.17...25.08.24

PR:	289023
25.08.17
18 Aug 2025 12:16:00
commit hash: 28d3626197fddd69f1d9e06af9ce0fb2c68f1ce6commit hash: 28d3626197fddd69f1d9e06af9ce0fb2c68f1ce6commit hash: 28d3626197fddd69f1d9e06af9ce0fb2c68f1ce6commit hash: 28d3626197fddd69f1d9e06af9ce0fb2c68f1ce6 files touched by this commit
Älven (alven) search for other commits by this committer
Author: Paavo-Einari Kaipila
sysutils/tarbsd-builder: [NEW PORT] Minimal FreeBSD image builder

Signed-off-by: Paavo-Einari Kaipila <pave@freebsd.org>

PR:		288720
Approved by:	yuri@ (Mentor)

Number of commits found: 4