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Date:      Sat, 2 Nov 2013 23:37:51 +0100
From:      Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net>
To:        Kimmo Paasiala <kpaasial@gmail.com>
Cc:        Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com>, FreeBSD Ports List <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>, Bryan Drewery <bdrewery@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Official FreeBSD Binary Packages now available for pkgng
Message-ID:  <20131102223751.GI34312@e-new.0x20.net>
In-Reply-To: <CA%2B7WWSfQAVQBfRXvPXje0bJncEsmqzT-VgdQO%2BOdRxiS8eOyiw@mail.gmail.com>
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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.or=
g>
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> At present , the packages information and themselves are available =
=66rom ,
> >> >> 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" mi=
rror
> >> > based on the DNS response for pkg.freebsd.org.
> >> >
> >> > However, you are free to manually enter any of the above mirrors int=
o 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.
>=20
>=20
> 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.
>=20

Right, but I actually happen to fall into that group at work. ;-)

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