Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2017 16:32:33 +0100 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is pkg quarterly really needed? Message-ID: <20170418163233.648fe5f7@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <58F61A8D.1030309@a1poweruser.com> References: <58F61A8D.1030309@a1poweruser.com>
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On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 09:54:21 -0400 qjail1 wrote: > I maintain a port and I have users complaining that the pkg system > takes many months before the updated version of my port shows up in > the pkg system. > > My response is I tell them to change a line in their > /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf file > from url: "pkg+http://pkg.Freebsd.org/${ABI}/quarterly", > to url: "pkg+http://pkg.Freebsd.org/${ABI}/latest", > > The old pkg system never had this quarterly update cycle and I see no > reason to have it now when its so easy to over ride the default. > The old package system never got any package updates at all for releases.
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