From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 20 19:07:10 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8615F6AE for ; Fri, 20 Sep 2013 19:07:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ewh2048@g.rit.edu) Received: from sc3app27.rit.edu (sc3app27.rit.edu [129.21.35.56]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 52F5F2B14 for ; Fri, 20 Sep 2013 19:07:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qc0-f173.google.com (mail-qc0-f173.google.com [209.85.216.173]) by smtp-server.rit.edu (PMDF V6.3-x14 #31420) with ESMTPS id <0MTF00MD4UFUG7@smtp-server.rit.edu> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 20 Sep 2013 15:07:07 -0400 (EDT) Received: by mail-qc0-f173.google.com with SMTP id c3so534600qcv.32 for ; Fri, 20 Sep 2013 12:07:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.49.59.37 with HTTP; Fri, 20 Sep 2013 12:07:05 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.49.0.198 with SMTP id 6mr6544441qeg.48.1379704025977; Fri, 20 Sep 2013 12:07:05 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.49.0.198 with SMTP id 6mr6544429qeg.48.1379704025877; Fri, 20 Sep 2013 12:07:05 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 12:07:05 -0700 From: "Ethan W. House" Subject: Re: PKGNG In-reply-to: <523C1273.6040504@infracaninophile.co.uk> Sender: ewh2048@rit.edu To: Matthew Seaman Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 X-RIT-Received-From: 209.85.216.173 X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=BmggNW/95+koW7YWoNDik8U4/cmr1gS5SQJtvZHfELo=; b=ZLFBFh26CfGgC5avHqaODrGRssM1bt/rIuI0CzNpyHhZL5sGW7DgTR+h719NERpnIw 86NPtVLY6U/dkU37x0o775gV6noYVgbDzAS/RHrcrEKymqxCJNTk84okbItVqlcI91sA LTTafktPYLbPQ5KNuHtIkkx+N6SmrXaqyKMWWWsiLWHk9WiZzgQ3FBCKFswD9lpjk+q8 PpGM5FMJlMjGwCpX/6+WROw468gQnQHiB2Ht9CRQkTukOEUN36hZIXJwAFUh4H3KVMoH Vau2k7nwXmYkx9Ux7oIG5cNRFlXkGifKLywHmHeJJ2rz2qs4ZwVESw5jx8itDnD3xIWR 7Yrw== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkkuSb50hD6njgGoV/zYVwZ6WC+GhRe09kLTGLYamtoTJmEpL9x9L5eAjXucHFAkOUjwuWr65H+RZVin8op6xAMEHDeFOPtLoritUpUk0rLwboLhooaOhAJSJFQMHy9vh1EOxEFOeemVHi8RS57WQlsVPEPUxaVcFIEB3H5T4UOK6NPAVw= X-Google-Sender-Auth: WgGoQpA6d1Zu6U9WmQMjxMtGQSI References: <523C1273.6040504@infracaninophile.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.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: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 19:07:10 -0000 Thanks, that was exactly the information I was looking for. Ethan House On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 2:16 AM, Matthew Seaman < m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> wrote: > On 09/20/13 05:05, Ethan W. House wrote: > > What is the status of pkgng. The handbook says to use it but else were it > > says that the repos are empty due to a security incident last November. > > > > Are there beta repos hidden somewhere that can be used? The reason I ask > is > > I want to install packages like Gimp and LibreOffice which will take a > > fortnight on my laptop to compile. I tried pkg_add but that broke > > everything when I updated to 9.2. > > pkgng is in rude health. It's certainly usable -- you can enable it on > your systems and use it with the ports (portmaster, portupgrade style) > or you can try various repos which are available online. > > The systems that will be the official FreeBSD pkg repo are on-line and > available for testing with: > > % cat /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/pkg-test.conf > --- > pkg-test: > URL: http://pkg-test.freebsd.org/pkg-test-${ABI}/latest > ENABLED: YES > MIRROR_TYPE: SRV > > > This doesn't have package signatures yet, but otherwise it's pretty much > what will be the official pkg repository for 10.0-RELEASE. > > There are other publicly available pkg repos, such as the one provided > by Exonetric which is at > > http://mirror.exonetric.net/pub/pkgng/${ABI}/latest > > Cheers, > > Matthew > _______________________________________________ > 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" >