Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2013 20:09:31 +0100 From: mhca12 <mhca12@gmail.com> To: "Steve O'Hara-Smith" <steve@sohara.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: which pkg repository with 9.1 Message-ID: <CAHUOma=8ULS_zOLRUAbjOZXKxgApooSSkpivXeZU=P30NHdoHg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20130204190315.e7a64819c502038e2e2cd605@sohara.org> 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> <20130204190315.e7a64819c502038e2e2cd605@sohara.org>
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On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 8:03 PM, Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> wrote: > 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. To get started for the moment can't I also use pkg_add -r rsync?
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