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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
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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.
> 
> 
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