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[178.166.50.25]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id ey2sm4640483wib.9.2012.11.29.15.57.14 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:57:15 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 23:57:11 +0000 From: Frank To: Damien Fleuriot Message-ID: <17F4CF1B381844079B284BF4E6BF45AD@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: 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> <85A10E74EC084824BAF830ABDA3EE56C@gmail.com> Subject: Re: using new pkgng system on 9.0 system X-Mailer: sparrow 1.6.4 (build 1176) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: Fbsd8 , Matthew Seaman , "=?utf-8?Q?freebsd-questions=40freebsd.org?=" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 23:57:18 -0000 -- Frank On Thursday, November 29, 2012 at 11:16 PM, Damien Fleuriot wrote: > Used it on 8.3 boxes here, no complaints so far. > > Gonna slowly transition all our ~60 firewalls to pkgng. > > Note that I used pkg2ng on firewall boxes with ~180 installed ports each. > pretty nice :) Tomorrow I'm going to prepare a 9.1-RC3 with pkgng. Wish me luck :) > > > On 29 Nov 2012, at 22:48, Frank wrote: > > > 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) (http://_http._tcp.pkg.freebsd.org) IN SRV > > > > > > > > ; <<>> DiG 9.8.3-P4 <<>> _http._tcp.pkg.freebsd.org (http://_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) (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)" > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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)" > > > > >