Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 21:48:20 +0000 From: Frank <urealfrank@gmail.com> To: Fbsd8 <fbsd8@a1poweruser.com> Cc: Matthew Seaman <matthew@freebsd.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: using new pkgng system on 9.0 system Message-ID: <85A10E74EC084824BAF830ABDA3EE56C@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <50B649E1.8070001@a1poweruser.com> References: <50AE3BF5.1000200@a1poweruser.com> <50AE7716.6060506@infracaninophile.co.uk> <50AF9865.50509@a1poweruser.com> <50AFBCEE.1010000@FreeBSD.org> <50AFCC5A.10006@a1poweruser.com> <50AFE792.1020101@FreeBSD.org> <50B649E1.8070001@a1poweruser.com>
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It is safe yet to use pkg2ng in production? -- Frank On Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at 5:29 PM, Fbsd8 wrote: > Matthew Seaman wrote: > > On 23/11/2012 19:19, Fbsd8 wrote: > > > Where do I find the url for the beta-test server repositories? > > > Can I use ftp or browser to see index content? > > > > > > > > > > > pkg.conf as supplied in the port-mgmt/pkg port comes with the right URL > > for the FreeBSD pkg repo[*], which is currently pointing at the > > beta-test repo, but which will in the fullness of time be changed to > > point at the actual production repo. > > > > > There is no pkg.conf supplied. It's named as pkg.conf.sample this fact > is not mentioned anywhere. pkg should be released with a default > pkg.conf not a pkg.conf.sample so pkg is ready to function right from > the original install of pkg. > > > > No, in general you can't assume that you'll be able to browse the repo > > using a web browser or similar. Even if you could, all you'ld see is a > > lot of pkg tarballs which would tell you the package names and versions > > and how much data you'll need to download and not a lot else. Use the > > repo catalogue. It can tell you almost anything you might want to know > > about the available packages in the repo. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Matthew > > > > [*] Note: the default URL uses an SRV record in the DNS, which typical > > web browsers don't know how to handle. You'll just get NXDOMAIN if you > > try and point Firefox at it. > > > > For those who know how to handle SRV records, it looks like this: > > > > worm:~:% dig _http._tcp.pkg.freebsd.org (http://_http._tcp.pkg.freebsd.org) IN SRV > > > > ; <<>> DiG 9.8.3-P4 <<>> _http._tcp.pkg.freebsd.org (http://_http._tcp.pkg.freebsd.org) IN SRV > > ;; global options: +cmd > > ;; Got answer: > > ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 48300 > > ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 > > > > ;; QUESTION SECTION: > > ;_http._tcp.pkg.freebsd.org (http://_http._tcp.pkg.freebsd.org). IN SRV > > > > ;; ANSWER SECTION: > > _http._tcp.pkg.freebsd.org (http://_http._tcp.pkg.freebsd.org). 3600 IN SRV 10 10 80 pkgbeta.FreeBSD.org (http://pkgbeta.FreeBSD.org). > > > > ;; Query time: 44 msec > > ;; SERVER: 8.8.8.8#53(8.8.8.8) > > ;; WHEN: Fri Nov 23 21:13:50 2012 > > ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 83 > > > > > Yes the url pkgbeta.FreeBSD.org (http://pkgbeta.FreeBSD.org) can be browsed using a browser. > As of Nov 28 pkgbeta.FreeBSD.org (http://pkgbeta.FreeBSD.org) only contains the pkg package. > So in conclusion, pkg is not ready for testing. > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org (mailto: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 (mailto:freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org)" > >
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