Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:08:58 +1100 From: andrew clarke <mail@ozzmosis.com> To: Darren Pilgrim <list_freebsd@bluerosetech.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: State of pkgng? Message-ID: <20130221030858.GA45907@ozzmosis.com> In-Reply-To: <51257C50.7000001@bluerosetech.com> References: <51257C50.7000001@bluerosetech.com>
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On Wed 2013-02-20 17:45:52 UTC-0800, Darren Pilgrim (list_freebsd@bluerosetech.com) wrote: > Reading the pkgng page on the wiki: > > "As a consequence of the security incident on 11th November 2012, for > the time being pre-compiled packages for pkgng are not available from > any official FreeBSD repository. [...] Target dates for when service may > be resumed have not been released." > > Is that still the case? Is pkgng presently a non-starter? Just to be clear, pkgng is not broken. You can still use it with the Ports tree or use it to install locally-built packages.
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