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I was trying to install sqlite3 on a really old freebsd 🙁
I'm got the following error

[root@fbd01 ]# pkg_add -r -v databases/sqlite3

scheme:   [ftp]
user:     []
password: []
host:     [ftp.freebsd.org]
port:     [0]
document: [/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6.3-release/Latest/databases/sqlite3.tbz]
---> ftp.freebsd.org:21
looking up ftp.freebsd.org
connecting to ftp.freebsd.org:21
<<< 220 This is ftp0.bme.freebsd.org - hosted at Bytemark.co.uk
>>> USER anonymous
<<< 331 Please specify the password.
>>> PASS degnetnoc@mail05.viruscheckservice.de
<<< 230-
<<< 230-This is ftp0.bme.FreeBSD.org, graciously hosted by Bytemark.
<<< 230-
<<< 230-FreeBSD files can be found in the /pub/FreeBSD directory.
<<< 230-
<<< 230 Login successful.
>>> PWD
<<< 257 "/" is the current directory
>>> CWD pub
<<< 250 Directory successfully changed.
>>> CWD FreeBSD
<<< 250-ISO images of FreeBSD releases may be found in the releases/ISO-IMAGES
<<< 250-directory.  For independent files and tarballs, see individual
<<< 250-releases/${machine}/${machine_arch} directories.  For example,
<<< 250-releases/amd64/amd64 and releases/powerpc/powerpc64.
<<< 250 Directory successfully changed.
>>> CWD ports
<<< 250 Directory successfully changed.
>>> CWD i386
<<< 550 Failed to change directory.
Error: FTP Unable to get ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6.3-release/Latest/databases/sqlite3.tbz: File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
pkg_add: unable to fetch 'ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6.3-release/Latest/databases/sqlite3.tbz' by URL
pkg_add: 1 package addition(s) failed

Changing to a working repo

export PACKAGESITE="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-9-stable/Latest/"

make error

okay.. it had different errors.. thats another one .. the make is too old

[root@fbd01 /usr/ports/devel/bmake]# make

"/usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk", line 1038: Need an operator
Unknown modifier 't'
Unknown modifier 't'
Unknown modifier 't'
Unknown modifier 't'
Unknown modifier 't'
Unknown modifier 't'
Unknown modifier 't'
Unknown modifier 't'
Unknown modifier 't'
Unknown modifier 't'
Unknown modifier 't'
Unknown modifier 't'
Unknown modifier 't'
Unknown modifier 't'
Unknown modifier 't'
Unknown modifier 't'
Unknown modifier 't'
Unknown modifier 't'

18 open conditionals:
                           at line 20 (skipped)
                          at line 20 (skipped)
                         at line 20 (skipped)
                        at line 20 (skipped)
                       at line 20 (skipped)
                      at line 20 (skipped)
                     at line 20 (skipped)
                    at line 20 (skipped)
                   at line 20 (skipped)
                  at line 20 (skipped)
                 at line 20 (skipped)
                at line 20 (skipped)
               at line 20 (skipped)
              at line 20 (skipped)
                          at line 20 (evaluated to false)
                         at line 13 (evaluated to true)
                        at line 1110 (evaluated to true)
                       at line 1094 (evaluated to true)
make: fatal errors encountered -- cannot continue

but the make was broken

So I tried to install a newer make

pkg_add -r bmake 

the harder way:

pkg_add -r http://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/ports/i386/packages-9.0-release/devel/bmake-20111111.tbz
cp /usr/bin/make /usr/bin/make.old
rm /usr/bin/make
ln -sv /usr/local/bin/bmake /usr/bin/make

In case nothing worked like for me .. going the whole long way
I tried getting the lastest old ports

wget http://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/ports/ports.tar.gz

Search inside a tar.gz for a file/folder

tar -tvf ports.tar.gz '*bmake*'

-rw-r--r--  0 archive archive   499 Jul 14  2016 ports/cad/linuxcnc-devel/files/patch-src_hal_components_Submakefile
drwxr-xr-x  0 archive archive     0 Dec  1 02:04 ports/devel/bmake/
-rw-r--r--  0 archive archive   140 Jan 23  2014 ports/devel/bmake/pkg-plist
-rw-r--r--  0 archive archive  1520 Dec  1 02:04 ports/devel/bmake/Makefile
-rw-r--r--  0 archive archive   288 Dec  1 02:04 ports/devel/bmake/distinfo
-rw-r--r--  0 archive archive   241 Jan 23  2014 ports/devel/bmake/pkg-descr
-rw-r--r--  0 archive archive   596 Jul 30  2014 ports/math/blocksolve95/files/patch-bmake__common
-rw-r--r--  0 archive archive  1209 Aug 24  2014 ports/math/blocksolve95/files/patch-bmake__freebsd__freebsd.site
-rw-r--r--  0 archive archive  1028 Aug 24  2014 ports/math/blocksolve95/files/patch-bmake__freebsd__freebsd
-rw-r--r--  0 archive archive   349 Jul 30  2014 ports/math/blocksolve95/files/patch-bmake__freebsd__freebsd.O

unpack only one folder/file from tar.gz

tar -xvf ports.tar.gz ports/devel/bmake/

unpack .txz files

xz -d < file.tar.xz | tar xvf -

No solution found yet.
If you have another idea that might work,
write in the comments or send me an email

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If you want more FreeBSD info on Ports
I found a nice "Porter's Handbook"

https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/porters-handbook/

Here are some links that helped me out:

https://rtfm.co.ua/usrportsmkbsd-sites-mk-line-958-malformed-conditional/
https://rtfm.co.ua/error-unable-to-get-ftpftp-freebsd-orgpubfreebsdportsi386packages-9-0-release/