Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 12:06:01 -0600 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: third-party ports/packages sources Message-ID: <20101006180601.GA75552@guilt.hydra>
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--VS++wcV0S1rZb1Fb Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Is there some way to set up a third-party online source for ports and/or packages that allows users to do the same kinds of things they can do with the official ports system? I mean, for instance, using portversion to check whether there are new versions available (or an equivalent operation) and possibly even checking for security issues via portaudit. I see, looking at the manpage for portversion, this: PKG_DBDIR Alternative location for the installed package database. The default is ``/var/db/pkg''. PORTSDIR Alternative location for the ports tree and the ports database files. The default is ``/usr/ports''. I also see some stuff in pkgtools.conf comments that might pertain to this sort of thing, but I'm not entirely clear yet on how this might be used to access a third-party repository for ports without breaking normal operation. If there's a tutorial out there that would explain how to do something like this, I have not yet found it. --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] --VS++wcV0S1rZb1Fb Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkysuokACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKUt8wCcChiBtXm5dgqVLqjZgkgA3jev jroAoM13HhNfRw7G2w/5uBWiSM4lX+gv =nEB4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --VS++wcV0S1rZb1Fb--
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