Date: Wed, 4 May 2016 14:57:39 +0800 From: Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> To: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com>, Mathieu Arnold <mat@freebsd.org> Cc: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>, "ports@FreeBSD.org" <ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: old ports/packages Message-ID: <5c7682a5-d1b3-9984-b614-1fe0cc6e5876@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <CAN6yY1uRokxvvYdQGUmJKjA8-P3XfZymY9gD6zkEeDfnXUXD=g@mail.gmail.com> References: <03cc4012-026e-c007-09e1-ee45524f1b95@elischer.org> <B32DD056A6281C191CD35AA2@ogg.in.absolight.net> <c528a76d-5b94-01a3-f27e-7d174faf544e@freebsd.org> <1FAFDF989841D03604BB448B@atuin.in.mat.cc> <CAN6yY1uRokxvvYdQGUmJKjA8-P3XfZymY9gD6zkEeDfnXUXD=g@mail.gmail.com>
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On 4/05/2016 1:54 AM, Kevin Oberman wrote: > On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 11:31 PM, Mathieu Arnold <mat@freebsd.org > <mailto:mat@freebsd.org>> wrote: > > > > +--On 3 mai 2016 12:02:13 +0800 Julian Elischer > <julian@freebsd.org <mailto:julian@freebsd.org>> wrote: > | On 2/05/2016 8:39 PM, Mathieu Arnold wrote: > |> +--On 2 mai 2016 18:39:57 +0800 Julian Elischer > <julian@elischer.org <mailto:julian@elischer.org>> > |> wrote: > |> | Hi guys, > |> | > |> | ok so I see: > |> | > |> | 2014-04-30 ports-mgmt/pkg_install: Replaced by ports-mgmt/pkg > |> | > |> | > |> | So now how do enterprises maintaining appliances etc. > generate packages > |> | for old systems? > |> > |> There is a tag, > https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/tags/PKG_INSTALL_EOL/ > |> that gives you the last version to support pkg_install. > Anything after > |> that will not work with it. At all. > |> > | I'm not looking to produce old packages of the ports tree.. I > know the > | ports crew would hate me for that. > | > | What I object to is not having the tools needed to generate MY OWN > | PACKAGES in ports. > > You can generate your own packages from the ports tree, just not > with > pkg_install, it was deprecated three or four years ago, and > remove 19 > months ago. > The best way to generate packages is with ports-mgmt/poudriere, > it will > generate a very nice pkg repository. > > -- > Mathieu Arnold > > > You might also look at ports-mgmt/synth. It is far simpler than > poudriere. While lacking any of the enterprise capabilities of > poudriere, it is a simple tool to support a modern, local pkg > repository of packages for distribution or to support locally > modified ports or ports that need to be built with non-standard options. > > From synth(1): > " The synth program is an advanced concurrent ports building tool > aimed at > system administrators that prefer or require the building of > packages > from source rather than installing official binary packages. > synth will > build packages in a clean environment exactly mirrors the > system that > they are built on, it will create local package repositories > and install > pkg(8) repository configuration file that causes locally built > packages > to be used with the highest priority, all while allowing the > system to > fully upgraded with a single command." > > Its major issue with some is that it is written in Ada, but I just > install the package for synth and never bother with building the Ada > compiler. > -- > Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Network Engineer > E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com <mailto:rkoberman@gmail.com> > PGP Fingerprint: D03FB98AFA78E3B78C1694B318AB39EF1B055683 SO if I have an infrastructure that uses old style packages to deliver data and configuration information to appliances in the field, how does synth help me?
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