Dev Accidentally Commits Copilot Binary to FreeBSD Ports Repo

Dev accidentally commits Copilot binary to FreeBSD ports repo

The FreeBSD project froze its ports repository on Wednesday. The reason turns out to be a slightly embarrassing Git-related oopsie where a version of Copilot got uploaded somewhere it should not have been. The announcement of the 2026 Ports Repository Freeze went out on July 21 and remained in effect the following day, as explained in a message on the freebsd-announce mailing list. The mail delicately skirted around exactly what happened: « The …

FreeBSD Ports Tree Hit With Emergency Freeze After 150MB Commit Shatters GitHub Mirrors

A 150MB binary file slipped into the FreeBSD ports tree. Mirrors broke. The project froze everything. And just like that, one commit exposed cracks in how the world’s largest open-source software collection polices its own repository. The freeze began July 21, 2026. It remains in effect days later. FreeBSD’s official notice states plainly there is no security breach. No compromise. Just a massive file that violated GitHub’s 100MB hard limit and …

FreeBSD ports frozen after someone commits the entire 150MB Linux Copilot binary – OSnews

A rather unusual announcement was made late last night: the FreeBSD project has frozen their ports repository. For more than 48 hours now, no changes have been accepted or made to the tree, and here’s why. A 150MB binary file was recently committed to the ports tree and, as a result, core@ made the decision to implement a temporary freeze of the ports tree in order to implement some clean up efforts. The commit in question severed our ports tre…