Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 06:59:06 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <matthew@FreeBSD.org> To: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> Cc: Chris Maness <chris@chrismaness.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: No packages with 9.3-RELEASE? [was: Re: Port Changes FAQ] Message-ID: <53A27C2A.3040501@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20140619130115.M609@sola.nimnet.asn.au> References: <mailman.75.1403006401.89010.freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> <20140619130115.M609@sola.nimnet.asn.au>
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On 19/06/2014 04:31, Ian Smith wrote:
> > pkg(8) is default in 10.0 and will be default in all releases to com=
e on
> > all branches from now on. Given that the declared EoL of the old
> > pkg_tools is due in September there's only one more release (9.3) th=
at
> > could possibly not have pkg(8) as default: however, my understanding=
is
> > that there are no plans to provide any old-style packages with that =
release.
>=20
> Please elaborate, Matthew? This is the first I've heard of this, I've =
> seen nothing in -stable or elsewhere, and I'm more than a bit alarmed.
You managed to miss *all* the talk about pkg_tools being replaced by pkg(=
8)?
Note that I am not at all sure there will be no pkg_tools packages for
9.3. However I can be sure that there won't be any updates (including
security updates) to any old-style pkg_tools package sets after a couple
of months.
> If 9.3 is not to have pkg(8) packages - whyever not? - and no old-style=
=20
> packages, does this mean no package set at all for probably the last 2 =
> year extended release on the 9 branch? So will there be no DVD1 with a=
=20
> (relatively) consistent set of packages? Will there be no ports freeze=
?
Because the old package tools are obsolete and due to be discontinued in
a few months? There will definitely be pkg(8) packages for 9.3.
There hasn't been a ports freeze for the last couple of releases; just a
slush and a moratorium on sweeping changes.
There will be pkg(8) packages on the DVD installer images. If that
didn't work for you when installing 10.0 that's a bug. You know that
all supported branches have the default package repositories enabled now
(including 8.4-RELEASE and 9.2-RELEASE)? Do you also know how to turn
that off? Like this:
echo 'FreeBSD: { enabled: no}' > /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf
That should solve the problem with your systems wanting to connect to
the net. However, that 'install packages from installation media'
thing really should just work.
Cheers,
Matthew
--=20
Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil.
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