Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2013 19:03:15 +0000 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: which pkg repository with 9.1 Message-ID: <20130204190315.e7a64819c502038e2e2cd605@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <CAHUOmakrGxq_ZXP-QOn8t_M6ZLG_kQVsUu_h2apLvzDB9BW%2Bmg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAHUOmanfcMzFY=x3j2bMDMZLToZZ3Fds64CwC8-FpHes7qzF0A@mail.gmail.com> <CAHUOmak%2B27AK_zvy=Nf8d%2B4gD7GTjnaHOtTTiyjccvxU4KpVDQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAHUOmakrGxq_ZXP-QOn8t_M6ZLG_kQVsUu_h2apLvzDB9BW%2Bmg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, 4 Feb 2013 19:53:40 +0100 mhca12 <mhca12@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 7:48 PM, mhca12 wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 7:31 PM, mhca12 wrote: > >> I have just installed 9.1 amd64 on a test machine and wanted > >> to install rsync. Is pkgng the right choice and if so is there > >> a handy guide how to get started or should I use pkg_add -r? > >> > >> Is this any different for i386? It used to be that there's > >> no i386 pkgng repository. > > > > I ran pkg and it fetched and setup pkgng. That was easy. > > Is it possible that the November 2012 security incident means > there's still no installable packaged via pkg-install? > I was going to install rsync. I believe it is still the case that there is no official package repository. I've gone to using poudriere to maintain a local pkgng repository. Once set up (not too hard) it's remarkably painless. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>
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