Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2014 20:49:32 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <matthew@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg repository question Message-ID: <53DE924C.7080402@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1408031501130.28907@bucksport.safeport.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1408031501130.28907@bucksport.safeport.com>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --7SKKfgRp2Wktg8fuWwRwhLRvV9JI3WXae Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 03/08/2014 20:19, doug@safeport.com wrote: > I was building an old 9.1 system to check something out. It was > convenience to use a 9.1-rc3 a DVD. I got an error saying there were no= > repositories for non releases. Perfectly understandable, so I updated t= o > 9.1-rel and all is well. This sounds suspiciously like the behaviour of the old pkg_tools stuff. I can't remember for sure if 9.1 came with pkg(8) as standard or not -- I don't believe it did. Are you sure you weren't inadvertently trying to install some old-style packages? > That prompted two questions: first, is there a way to have forced the > use of a 9.1 repository; and secondly how long will old repositories be= > available? With pkg(8), there is no such thing as a '9.1' repository -- at least, not anything officially supplied by the FreeBSD project. There are repositories for eg, freebsd:9:x86:64 which are suitable for any version of FreeBSD with a major version of '9'. Although for best results, you should be running a version (9.x-STABLE, 9,x-RELEASE) at least as new as the oldest supported release with a 9.x version number. Currently that's 9.1-RELEASE. Updated packages for 9.x release will be provided for as long as there are still supported versions of 9.x available. The packages will be built on the earliest still-supported 9.x-RELEASE, which will be 9.3-RELEASE towards the end of 9.x lifetime in December 2016[*]. These should probably still work on earlier releases, but no guarantees. Cheers, Matthew [*] http://www.freebsd.org/security/security.html#sup --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey --7SKKfgRp2Wktg8fuWwRwhLRvV9JI3WXae Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.20 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQJ8BAEBCgBmBQJT3pJUXxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXQ2NTNBNjhCOTEzQTRFNkNGM0UxRTEzMjZC QjIzQUY1MThFMUE0MDEzAAoJELsjr1GOGkAT4gIQAIg2odJqTu1Jgb3N1/9s6zx0 MfXf2rnPDzRa731cCh6wEP9rtCU4k/D6RmddpsbP6JjiVwy4cRzUEgNrsUbkQlpE qlZ84gEOyJ8OKCCMmj6afOsu8qb+moFX+9kWEo8TjimqgcEOmbZOC5bjyPBOLTWv oBWrmTRCcgo66cEcSCqKw65IRXB0jKj6UXPGOKGJXms8KYBkeaIRDrVfWPnlrJws 6lFBWL7lyvsZrvbQzH5m5GTtFxYMnJCc5JoXzMmEllt9XKanWidHCO/CjuPJMut9 ozo6tVKea0CdBZChcwQB0ZwST/QEiO7WlzkcLNPsZfvF0RiHfN1leFeKRx0ExHJ4 kSIfM6a029kwjZ5jfrSfGjiaQ9TkwyvYZwvCOecmy5BVFAQySaRfWZI4Ur9DNcWJ kJIO2iwXq6Z7QVrhncdte5vM/scVH+hIulBxiOnGgD5D/2G9MUAjZeDSaSK5frpl +w4ZEjOzvJbmE/11Q0B81uPzIIsKugGrk/VqXMXIRgk/jCQX4COFousW2AugrQcG 5AFb4tlDpaHigxowTcrg6hg13SzWeTm1m0Np7uYYZcrZ6ixQr9bRVUt0hF7uQxRO HTt5UPcyAigVihQHt7/MQ0YxZbxpRSPmendBRjgIhUfTWMzYXLc3x2a9zH/WhrFZ MelEIa780AcBAWZharLA =aIKG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --7SKKfgRp2Wktg8fuWwRwhLRvV9JI3WXae--
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