Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2013 10:41:33 +1100 From: Dewayne Geraghty <dewayne.geraghty@heuristicsystems.com.au> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Official FreeBSD Binary Packages now available for pkgng Message-ID: <52758DAD.8010400@heuristicsystems.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20131102223751.GI34312@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> <CAOgwaMsN%2BLhAuL7JhwTFWEWY3AOU1n2hTHz%2BYbX2kPjx0xfVMA@mail.gmail.com> <CAOjFWZ5RF3gUGZZSVUJ_9=435C8YEJq_0yDUXBSDX1g6%2BRYGog@mail.gmail.com> <5272D834.5030004@FreeBSD.org> <20131102223400.GH34312@e-new.0x20.net> <CA%2B7WWSfQAVQBfRXvPXje0bJncEsmqzT-VgdQO%2BOdRxiS8eOyiw@mail.gmail.com> <20131102223751.GI34312@e-new.0x20.net>
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On 3/11/2013 9:37 AM, Lars Engels wrote: > On Sun, Nov 03, 2013 at 12:36:54AM +0200, Kimmo Paasiala wrote: >> On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 12:34 AM, Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net> wrote: >>> 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: >>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 4:58 PM, Bryan Drewery <bdrewery@freebsd.org> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> At present , the packages information and themselves are available from , >>>>>> 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 what >>>>>> are the available packages there . >>>>>> >>>>> ???From the original message: >>>>> Mirrors you may use instead of the global >>>>> pkg.FreeBSD.org<http://pkg.freebsd.org/>; >>>>> : >>>>> >>>>> pkg.eu.FreeBSD.org <http://pkg.eu.freebsd.org/>; >>>>> pkg.us-east.FreeBSD.org <http://pkg.us-east.freebsd.org/>; >>>>> pkg.us-west.FreeBSD.org <http://pkg.us-west.freebsd.org/>; >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> 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. >>>>> >>>>> However, you are free to manually enter any of the above mirrors into your >>>>> pkg.conf. >>>>> >>>>> And, you are free to browse any of the above mirrors via HTTP in any web >>>>> browser. >>>>> >>>>> It's not nearly as convenient as just browsing pkg.freebsd.org, but it's >>>>> still possible to do so. >>>> These are still SRV hosts as well. The real hosts can be found with >>>> >>>> dig SRV _http._tcp.HOST HOST being the host from above lists. >>>> >>> Please add this to pkg.conf(5) as this it not intuitive and the syntax >>> is a bit cumbersome. >> >> You will never have to know that syntax unless you're one of the few >> that are behind a very restrictive firewall/proxy. The pkg client does >> all this SRV record magic internally to find out a suitable mirror. >> > Right, but I actually happen to fall into that group at work. ;-) +1 Unless you track the mailing list, and know to use dig SRV _http._tcp.pkg.freebsd.org the inevitable questions will be asked - "Why can't I ...." Particularly as the availability of prebuilt packages is targeted at relatively new FreeBSD folk, or those that don't customise their ports. Thank-you.
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