Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2013 20:34:35 -0600 From: "Joseph A. Nagy, Jr" <jnagyjr1978@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: which pkg repository with 9.1 Message-ID: <51106FBB.30907@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 02/04/13 13:03, Steve O'Hara-Smith 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. > I really think a message needs to go out on the announce list (as well as ports@ and questions@, others as appropriate) about the fact there is no official pkg repo at the moment. I'm constantly seeing emails about this on this list. -- Yours in Christ, Joseph A Nagy Jr "Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge, But he who hates correction is stupid." -- Proverbs 12:1 Emails are not formal business letters, whatever businesses may want. Original content CopyFree (F) under the OWL http://copyfree.org/licenses/owl/license.txt
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