initial support & docs to bootstrap EOL releases

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Christer Edwards
2023-11-20 16:07:11 -07:00
parent ace7bdce2f
commit 8906e491d0
2 changed files with 22 additions and 2 deletions

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@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ release version as the argument.
.. code-block:: shell
ishmael ~ # bastille bootstrap 12.4-RELEASE [update]
ishmael ~ # bastille bootstrap 14.0-RELEASE [update]
ishmael ~ # bastille bootstrap 13.2-RELEASE [update]
To `bootstrap` a HardenedBSD release, run the bootstrap sub-command with the
@@ -43,6 +43,21 @@ download the requested release. For each requested release, `bootstrap` will
download the base.txz. These files are verified (sha256 via MANIFEST file)
before they are extracted for use.
EOL Releases
------------
It is sometimes necessary to run end-of-life releases for testing or legacy
application support. Dy default Bastille will only install supported releases
but you can bootstrap EOL / unsupported releases with a simple trick.
.. code-block:: shell
ishmael ~ # export BASTILLE_URL_FREEBSD=http://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/
ishmael ~ # bastille bootstrap 11.2-RELEASE
By overriding the BASTILLE_URL_FREEBSD variable you can now bootstrap archived
releases from the FTP archive.
Tips
----

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@@ -473,6 +473,11 @@ if [ -n "${OPTION}" ] && [ "${OPTION}" != "${HW_MACHINE}" ] && [ "${OPTION}" !=
fi
fi
## allow override bootstrap URLs via environment variables
[ -n ${BASTILLE_URL_FREEBSD} ] && bastille_url_freebsd="${BASTILLE_URL_FREEBSD}"
[ -n ${BASTILLE_URL_HARDENEDBSD} ] && bastille_url_hardenedbsd="${BASTILLE_URL_HARDENEDBSD}"
[ -n ${BASTILLE_URL_MIDNIGHTBSD} ] && bastille_url_midnightbsd="${BASTILLE_URL_MIDNIGHTBSD}"
## Filter sane release names
case "${1}" in
2.[0-9]*)
@@ -491,7 +496,7 @@ case "${1}" in
;;
*-RELEASE|*-release|*-RC[1-9]|*-rc[1-9]|*-BETA[1-9])
## check for FreeBSD releases name
NAME_VERIFY=$(echo "${RELEASE}" | grep -iwE '^([1-9]{2,2})\.[0-9](-RELEASE|-RC[1-9]|-BETA[1-9])$' | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]')
NAME_VERIFY=$(echo "${RELEASE}" | grep -iwE '^([0-9]{1,2})\.[0-9](-RELEASE|-RC[1-9]|-BETA[1-9])$' | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]')
UPSTREAM_URL="${bastille_url_freebsd}${HW_MACHINE}/${HW_MACHINE_ARCH}/${NAME_VERIFY}"
PLATFORM_OS="FreeBSD"
validate_release_url