Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:16:21 +0100 From: Damien Fleuriot <ml@my.gd> To: Frank <urealfrank@gmail.com> Cc: Fbsd8 <fbsd8@a1poweruser.com>, Matthew Seaman <matthew@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: using new pkgng system on 9.0 system Message-ID: <A3D4E41B-38DD-4CFF-9E9A-F0EBD3138658@my.gd> In-Reply-To: <85A10E74EC084824BAF830ABDA3EE56C@gmail.com> References: <50AE3BF5.1000200@a1poweruser.com> <50AE7716.6060506@infracaninophile.co.uk> <50AF9865.50509@a1poweruser.com> <50AFBCEE.1010000@FreeBSD.org> <50AFCC5A.10006@a1poweruser.com> <50AFE792.1020101@FreeBSD.org> <50B649E1.8070001@a1poweruser.com> <85A10E74EC084824BAF830ABDA3EE56C@gmail.com>
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Used it on 8.3 boxes here, no complaints so far. Gonna slowly transition all our ~60 firewalls to pkgng. Note that I used pkg2ng on firewall boxes with ~180 installed ports each. On 29 Nov 2012, at 22:48, Frank <urealfrank@gmail.com> wrote: > It is safe yet to use pkg2ng in production?=20 >=20 > --=20 > Frank >=20 >=20 > On Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at 5:29 PM, Fbsd8 wrote: >=20 >> Matthew Seaman wrote: >>> On 23/11/2012 19:19, Fbsd8 wrote: >>>> Where do I find the url for the beta-test server repositories? >>>> Can I use ftp or browser to see index content? >>>>=20 >>>=20 >>>=20 >>>=20 >>> pkg.conf as supplied in the port-mgmt/pkg port comes with the right URL >>> for the FreeBSD pkg repo[*], which is currently pointing at the >>> beta-test repo, but which will in the fullness of time be changed to >>> point at the actual production repo. >>>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >> There is no pkg.conf supplied. It's named as pkg.conf.sample this fact=20= >> is not mentioned anywhere. pkg should be released with a default=20 >> pkg.conf not a pkg.conf.sample so pkg is ready to function right from=20 >> the original install of pkg. >>>=20 >>> No, in general you can't assume that you'll be able to browse the repo >>> using a web browser or similar. Even if you could, all you'ld see is a >>> lot of pkg tarballs which would tell you the package names and versions >>> and how much data you'll need to download and not a lot else. Use the >>> repo catalogue. It can tell you almost anything you might want to know >>> about the available packages in the repo. >>>=20 >>> Cheers, >>>=20 >>> Matthew >>>=20 >>> [*] Note: the default URL uses an SRV record in the DNS, which typical >>> web browsers don't know how to handle. You'll just get NXDOMAIN if you >>> try and point Firefox at it. >>>=20 >>> For those who know how to handle SRV records, it looks like this: >>>=20 >>> worm:~:% dig _http._tcp.pkg.freebsd.org (http://_http._tcp.pkg.freebsd.o= rg) IN SRV >>>=20 >>> ; <<>> DiG 9.8.3-P4 <<>> _http._tcp.pkg.freebsd.org (http://_http._tcp.p= kg.freebsd.org) IN SRV >>> ;; global options: +cmd >>> ;; Got answer: >>> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 48300 >>> ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 >>>=20 >>> ;; QUESTION SECTION: >>> ;_http._tcp.pkg.freebsd.org (http://_http._tcp.pkg.freebsd.org). IN SRV >>>=20 >>> ;; ANSWER SECTION: >>> _http._tcp.pkg.freebsd.org (http://_http._tcp.pkg.freebsd.org). 3600 IN S= RV 10 10 80 pkgbeta.FreeBSD.org (http://pkgbeta.FreeBSD.org). >>>=20 >>> ;; Query time: 44 msec >>> ;; SERVER: 8.8.8.8#53(8.8.8.8) >>> ;; WHEN: Fri Nov 23 21:13:50 2012 >>> ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 83 >>>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >> Yes the url pkgbeta.FreeBSD.org (http://pkgbeta.FreeBSD.org) can be brows= ed using a browser. >> As of Nov 28 pkgbeta.FreeBSD.org (http://pkgbeta.FreeBSD.org) only contai= ns the pkg package. >> So in conclusion, pkg is not ready for testing. >>=20 >>=20 >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org (mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org) mail= ing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg (mailto:freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org)" >>=20 >>=20 >=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g"
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