Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 16:54:31 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <matthew@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to review pkgng remote dir tree for package names Message-ID: <5353EDB7.5050902@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <5353E4DA.5060606@a1poweruser.com> References: <5353E4DA.5060606@a1poweruser.com>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --KrudmEL2slHdRv0dPFOVUalEuuwheemfx Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 20/04/2014 16:16, Fbsd8 wrote: > Now that pkgng is on the road to becoming the default package method, > need a way to scroll through the online pkg.freebsd.org pkg directory > tree to locate packages that have new names. >=20 > I tried ftp to http://pkg.freebsd.org/freebsd:10:x86:64/latest/All/ > but don't think it likes "anonymous" login. >=20 > What is the preferable method of manual review. You're thinking about it all wrong. pkg(8) already downloads the repository catalogue to your local machine. So you don't need to connect to the pkg servers to hunt for information about packages -- just about everything that is available to know is already on your local machine. Read the pkg-search(8) and pkg-rquery(8) man pages. pkg-search(8) is meant to be the human-friendly manual interface, while pkg-rquery(8) is intended for scripting use, but of course, you can use them in either role as it suits you. Pkg do not record historic data -- just what they needed at the point of being built. The best resource for tracking packages that get renamed or deleted is still the MOVED file in ports. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey --KrudmEL2slHdRv0dPFOVUalEuuwheemfx 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/ iQJ8BAEBCgBmBQJTU+25XxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXQ2NTNBNjhCOTEzQTRFNkNGM0UxRTEzMjZC QjIzQUY1MThFMUE0MDEzAAoJELsjr1GOGkATHSYP+QG4BIM/egpG4Mbw2Bwv9mIU F4GQNf6P55oyfThGDmdhoMmhNb17knbds4yclthBdMgT6TWZqx8cRAZTXrnzisR4 ON4TKdeaW9OaJSKmRYfwrdfqW2KZCZ8AwpxcKLDdF+bUhj4lzHa1AyiGVbicQt+O pz9y9wFtXZM9Sao0+tLP5yetOvVtdMPICvYaAOzBMX59BneloAE75QN2HN0FnMtX XBGIpBt4IXezaGV51d6PfbrAkRpottcsHgYV0O0Dm9LjF3WpRxGF/z4z55PxVJM1 iGjEwWPDVeU8ArCL8YN8loDD4zqz5BLH3T4bEFftI4HtB9aogPqGrrmq1t9JhXVK A0eQ1IfGjvKSpSMJNSAmfZrs7iZqUopyyth5NR80gUmMJoo6bQd7O8De2oZQ4E5j W53JxZqC0qq25dJi75awhIgdAqqAWjT84MIMh/nVz8FAt1JYvv/YoyiMMSjfqTqW rfEWT8PzfL0/5TSRDvQdd4ObQDl0Je4MpE4aCSUG/fRJXDCa0j8QGcqrtoHVRqhp q2UY8vwqSlvyhS+Klgx0yVMhv4OnDP04TCwc5qpLSpxmvUGxOiAV/qEJ3rwZUUTg 5qwp+RZwIU22gdFFmSfIv2H+8ZzETZ09yP5WO27xhFq+Yu6jfeRB5aHcfLrSpHy/ 84UNRHjNzqY7j1wW62Ie =btrU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --KrudmEL2slHdRv0dPFOVUalEuuwheemfx--
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