From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 17 17:45:32 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5E74C0 for ; Mon, 17 Dec 2012 17:45:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from geo.liaskos@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wi0-f174.google.com (mail-wi0-f174.google.com [209.85.212.174]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 761BE8FC18 for ; Mon, 17 Dec 2012 17:45:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f174.google.com with SMTP id hm9so2144334wib.13 for ; Mon, 17 Dec 2012 09:45:31 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=r0YeG5UhJ5nEJLF7uzwX08jKkFJ8q1cF/gj5Q3sSBRQ=; b=zb3wpa8guHgPjNEv5U4UUxLR8XiK1TT2wJ8MBoAY/b8r+IBYX/zLoxZPnaPHwFiACh op6Cr+j6ew1jUbQWGGhycomGUH62xd67/+S3RLJzq09EjfFcq3asmmmh0NFqroSrGN48 YxHt9B8m/f5L6Pks0MKrRqsAwq4aWeNWXCdUdtMw/DFRegth1gOfzwKKY/YA5mhmhmst 6+UPBjuiSLfZHebaTAKX2GGjcxnzWZl6eyd9yxgtW5Wbm5+LdSVoa2tXbe0hdjM/eMNP P/0rGjxWRKTjd8G+KYQc1TgG1eMHttNpow0JQvCgsfEd0Q4GYg85dwdHtT6quC7ZvSrm yJUg== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.180.74.20 with SMTP id p20mr17268112wiv.0.1355766331331; Mon, 17 Dec 2012 09:45:31 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.195.12.113 with HTTP; Mon, 17 Dec 2012 09:45:31 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20121217155015.M90220@ezo.net> References: <20121217155015.M90220@ezo.net> Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 19:45:31 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: FreeBSD/EC2 -9.0-Current 2011-01-01 (ami-f4db2a9d) From: George Liaskos To: jflowers Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 17:45:33 -0000 The ami you are using is obsolete, according to [1] ami-5339bb3a is what you probably want. I am using pkgng with no problems, just launch the ami in a micro instance. No need for workarounds. [1] http://www.daemonology.net/freebsd-on-ec2/ On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 6:19 PM, jflowers wrote: > I'm working my way through a re-education for EC2. I read a lot of posts > but find it confusing to keep up with the current state of the art as to > what information is applicable and what is not: > > 1. I had convinced myself that I was being told that I had to use a Windows > instance but then found this AMI. It launched for T1.micro, always with the > note that it was available for the free-tier which is important to me. Have > I been too optimistic or is it, indeed, running with the free-tier > restrictions? > > 2. Unfortunately, after I had spent a couple of hours on installing ports, I > installed pkgng. It seemed to install OK but then when I ran pkg2ng it > didn't work throwing the following error message twice. > > /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Undefined symbol "Quiet" referenced from COPY > relocation in /usr/sbin/pkg_info. > > and then ... > > Conversion has been successfully finished > Your old packages database has been moved to: /var/db/pkg.bak > > There is no sign of a pkg.bak anywhere on the machine and, of course, pkg_* > tools don't work. /var/db/pkg is still fully populated with what looks like > the correct files. There is also no perl installed > > So my question is "Is there any way I can recover pkg_* tools or get pkgng > to function? With only a couple of hours in it, I'm tempted to just start > over and use one of the RELEASE AMIs. > > 3. I also noted a thread where Colin Percival talked about an initial launch > as c1.medium to set things up and then restarting as t1.micro. Won't this > trigger a minimum bill for 1 month being added to my free-tier $0.00? > > Thanks for any help responses to get me pointed in the right direction. > > -- > Jim Flowers > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"