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Swift should be distributed to FreeBSD users as a .pkg file which can be installed using pkg, the system package manager. This allows for a better user experience because it handles installing all of the required dependencies as well as placing the compiler in the user's PATH.

To create a FreeBSD package, we should have a script that automates the process of creating one. This commit adds such a script. It is designed to be invoked by the CI system, but can also be invoked by an end user.

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Thank you!

Swift should be distributed to FreeBSD users as a .pkg file which
can be installed using pkg, the system package manager. This allows
for a better user experience because it handles installing all of
the required dependencies as well as placing the compiler in the
user's PATH.

To create a FreeBSD package, we should have a script that automates
the process of creating one. This commit adds such a script. It is
designed to be invoked by the CI system, but can also be invoked
by an end user.
@shahmishal shahmishal merged commit 86298f6 into swiftlang:main Jun 17, 2025
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