Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 21:57:47 -0400 From: <kris@ixsystems.com> To: "'Charles Sprickman'" <spork@bway.net>, "'Paul Mather'" <paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> Cc: "'FreeBSD Stable'" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: CFT: FreeBSD Package Base Message-ID: <012501d4fe2e$f21cc730$d6565590$@ixsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <34C3A77A-7B18-487E-9BC4-5B1087FEEBEA@bway.net> References: <002901d4fdfb$e52eb890$af8c29b0$@ixsystems.com> <15583041-1D56-44BE-8E88-ECC11C935A09@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> <34C3A77A-7B18-487E-9BC4-5B1087FEEBEA@bway.net>
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Its on the agenda for next months Working Group. That and tooling to = help migrating to pkg base and keeping /etc files intact.=20 --=20 Kris Moore Vice President of Engineering iXsystems, Inc Ph: (408) 943-4100 Ph: (408) 943-4101 The Groundbreaking TrueNAS M-Series - Enterprise Storage & Servers Driven By Open Source -----Original Message----- From: Charles Sprickman <spork@bway.net>=20 Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2019 9:30 PM To: Paul Mather <paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> Cc: kris@ixsystems.com; FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: CFT: FreeBSD Package Base > On Apr 28, 2019, at 6:21 PM, Paul Mather <paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> = wrote: >=20 > On Apr 28, 2019, at 3:52 PM, <kris@ixsystems.com> <kris@ixsystems.com> = wrote: >=20 >> FreeBSD Community, >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >> I'm pleased to announce a CFT for builds of FreeBSD 12-stable and=20 >> 13-current using "TrueOS-inspired" packaged base. These are stock=20 >> FreeBSD images which will allow users to perform all updating via the = 'pkg' command directly. >> Rather than trying to answer all questions in this announcement,=20 >> we've created a FAQ page with more details. Please refer to this=20 >> page, and let us know if you have additional questions that we can=20 >> include on that page going forward. >=20 >=20 > I currently keep my FreeBSD/arm and FreeBSD/arm64 systems up to date = via PkgBase in FreeBSD 12. It works well for me (crossbuilding and = hosting the PkgBase repository on a FreeBSD/amd64 system). >=20 > What is the difference between the above CFT-created PkgBase and one = created via "make packages" using the native build system = (https://wiki.freebsd.org/PkgBase)? Looking at the FAQ you linked = (https://trueos.github.io/pkgbase-docs/), it seems the above CFT system = is less granular than the one currently produced via the in-tree "make = packages" (which could be a good thing from a simplicity standpoint). = Is there anything else? >=20 > Is the above CFT-produced packages the system that will ultimately=20 > become the way packaged base is produced in FreeBSD 13.0-RELEASE, or=20 > is it just an alternative you want people to try out and evaluate? I=20 > guess I'm not clear what "TrueOS-inspired" packaged base means. :-) What are the plans to get rid of the hellscape known as = =E2=80=9Cmergemaster=E2=80=9D? Is there anything exciting and new there = either in base or any of the ixSystems projects? Thanks, Charles >=20 > Cheers, >=20 > Paul. >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list=20 > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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