From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 2 22:34:06 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49B4FE14; Sat, 2 Nov 2013 22:34:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lars@e-new.0x20.net) Received: from mail.0x20.net (mail.0x20.net [217.69.76.211]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CD09D2C31; Sat, 2 Nov 2013 22:34:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from e-new.0x20.net (mail.0x20.net [IPv6:2001:aa8:fffb:1::3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.0x20.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2D6566A6003; Sat, 2 Nov 2013 23:34:02 +0100 (CET) Received: from e-new.0x20.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by e-new.0x20.net (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id rA2MY1qE047537; Sat, 2 Nov 2013 23:34:01 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from lars@e-new.0x20.net) Received: (from lars@localhost) by e-new.0x20.net (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) id rA2MY1sB045800; Sat, 2 Nov 2013 23:34:01 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from lars) Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2013 23:34:00 +0100 From: Lars Engels To: Bryan Drewery Subject: Re: Official FreeBSD Binary Packages now available for pkgng Message-ID: <20131102223400.GH34312@e-new.0x20.net> References: <5271BC11.1010303@FreeBSD.org> <1383206755084-5856905.post@n5.nabble.com> <5272107D.2070301@gibfest.dk> <5272BAB0.3040302@freebsd.org> <5272C46E.2050105@FreeBSD.org> <5272D834.5030004@FreeBSD.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="4LFBTxd4L5NLO6ly" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5272D834.5030004@FreeBSD.org> X-Editor: VIM - Vi IMproved 7.3 X-Operation-System: FreeBSD 8.4-RELEASE-p4 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: Freddie Cash , FreeBSD Ports List X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2013 22:34:06 -0000 --4LFBTxd4L5NLO6ly Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 05:22:44PM -0500, Bryan Drewery wrote: > On 10/31/2013 4:54 PM, Freddie Cash wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 2:39 PM, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk < > > m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com> wrote: > >=20 > >> On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 4:58 PM, Bryan Drewery > >> wrote: > >> > >> At present , the packages information and themselves are available fro= m , > >> such as : > >> > >> ftp://ftp1.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/ > >> > >> It seems that new pkg compatible packages will not be exposed to the > >> Internet such as > >> > >> > >> http://avalon.dragonflybsd.org/dports/ > >> http://pkg.wolfpond.org/ > >> http://mirror.exonetric.net/pub/pkgng/ > >> > >> > >> This will be a very significant inconvenience for the possible users > >> because without an installed FreeBSD , they will not be able to see wh= at > >> are the available packages there . > >> > >=20 > > ???From the original message: > > Mirrors you may use instead of the global > > pkg.FreeBSD.org > > : > >=20 > > pkg.eu.FreeBSD.org > > pkg.us-east.FreeBSD.org > > pkg.us-west.FreeBSD.org > >=20 > >=20 > > pkg.freebsd.org is, basically, an alias for the above (and any other > > mirrors that come online) and the pkg(1) tool will pick a "local" mirror > > based on the DNS response for pkg.freebsd.org. > >=20 > > However, you are free to manually enter any of the above mirrors into y= our > > pkg.conf. > >=20 > > And, you are free to browse any of the above mirrors via HTTP in any web > > browser. > >=20 > > It's not nearly as convenient as just browsing pkg.freebsd.org, but it's > > still possible to do so. >=20 > These are still SRV hosts as well. The real hosts can be found with >=20 > dig SRV _http._tcp.HOST HOST being the host from above lists. >=20 Please add this to pkg.conf(5) as this it not intuitive and the syntax is a bit cumbersome. --4LFBTxd4L5NLO6ly Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.21 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAlJ1fdgACgkQKc512sD3afjUVgCgwpAyOQyJ4n4xZiIJRFixCdwc 9N4AnjpG2FyZ2ocAHxjXk2HEWOV6cZ0T =Bhqm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --4LFBTxd4L5NLO6ly--