From owner-freebsd-pkg@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 31 20:47:53 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: pkg@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 DC976D23; Thu, 31 Oct 2013 20:47:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eric.camachat@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pa0-x235.google.com (mail-pa0-x235.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400e:c03::235]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B11F72145; Thu, 31 Oct 2013 20:47:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pa0-f53.google.com with SMTP id kx10so3096678pab.12 for ; Thu, 31 Oct 2013 13:47:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; bh=zJGZiHofB059jLccSIW4C9gVphcZEYY3MjMvGHSx2p0=; b=nszpZ+bgh/YkvchMiajd13UOOigAFbhgqwGNbo/citT5CUW1vJ8H2kda34RVgaTRi5 4DAeN1abOLIBVi+jAoax3bme7LVrjI4IUEqmAa4JX6cbl9SaOCkKU9GWLwuqubqSHg7H Y/h5a6d+5OXdJGLd01mPqnA4PMZM3CvFWBYAWkszuesnFSEm+XZaJQUAVo+Ozq99qmMW Nagdezq0QytceOPqv8dFFAkkC9dJO4yNiRzEe0N17+QXuvhIIlb2LVjle6oB7MBmEA0V ruZoZ5vP6NFqfJcEblgHA3Yze3eHPfV/0XodsKUwfTWwOIIV3vyhbUBqq3Wq60wgRgky 8U6g== X-Received: by 10.66.216.162 with SMTP id or2mr3841092pac.179.1383252472197; Thu, 31 Oct 2013 13:47:52 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.70.51.136 with HTTP; Thu, 31 Oct 2013 13:47:32 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <5271BC11.1010303@FreeBSD.org> References: <5271BC11.1010303@FreeBSD.org> From: Eric Camachat Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 13:47:32 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Official FreeBSD Binary Packages now available for pkgng To: pkg@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 X-BeenThere: freebsd-pkg@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Binary package management and package tools discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 20:47:53 -0000 It doesn't work with our (microsoft) proxy server, see below. root@basay:/usr/local/etc/pkg/repos # pkg update -f Updating repository catalogue pkg: http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/freebsd:10:x86:64/latest/digests.txz: Service Unavailable pkg: No digest falling back on legacy catalog format pkg: http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/freebsd:10:x86:64/latest/repo.txz: Service Unavailable root@basay:/usr/local/etc/pkg/repos # Eric On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 7:10 PM, Bryan Drewery wrote: > We are pleased to announce that official binary packages are now > available for pkg, the next generation package management tool for FreeBSD. > > Pkg allows you to either use ports with portmaster/portupgrade or to > have binary remote packages without ports. > > We have binary packages available for i386 and amd64 on > 8.3,8.4,9.1,9.2,10.0 and 11 (head). > > Pkg will be the default starting in FreeBSD 10. > > The pkg_install suite of tools pkg_create(1), pkg_add(1), and > pkg_info(1) (which ports also use), are deprecated and will be > discontinued in roughly 6 months. A communication regarding the > deprecation of the pkg_install suite of tools will be sent separately in > the future. > > If you are currently not using pkg and wish to, run the following as > root. Be sure not to add WITH_PKGNG=yes to your make.conf until after > pkg is installed. > > # cd /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/pkg && make install clean > # echo WITH_PKGNG=yes >> /etc/make.conf > # pkg2ng > > You can now either continue to use ports with portmaster/portupgrade, as > before or switch to using binary packages only. > > > To use binary packages: > > 1. Ensure your pkg(8) is up-to-date. 'pkg -v' should say at least > 1.1.4_8. If it does not, first upgrade from ports. > 2. Remove any repository-specific configuration from > /usr/local/etc/pkg.conf, such as PACKAGESITE, MIRROR_TYPE, PUBKEY. > If this leaves your pkg.conf empty, just remove it. > 3. mkdir -p /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos > 4. Create the file /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf with: > FreeBSD: { > url: "http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/latest", > mirror_type: "srv", > enabled: "yes" > } > > * Note that pkg.FreeBSD.org does not have a browsable web page on it and > does not have a DNS A record. This is intended as it is an SRV host. > pkg(8) knows how to properly use it. You can use 'pkg search' to browse > the available packages in the repository. > > Mirrors you may use instead of the global pkg.FreeBSD.org: > > pkg.eu.FreeBSD.org > pkg.us-east.FreeBSD.org > pkg.us-west.FreeBSD.org > > Your system is now ready to use packages! > > Refer to the handbook section on pkgng for usage at > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/pkgng-intro.html > . > Also see 'man pkg' for examples or 'pkg help'. > > > Packages are built weekly from a snapshot of the Ports Collection every > Wednesday morning 01:00 UTC. They typically will be available in the > repository after a few days. > > Pkg 1.2 will be released in the coming month which will bring many > improvements including officially signed packages. FreeBSD 10's pkg > bootstrap now also supports signed pkg(8) installation. > > > Regards, > Bryan Drewery > on behalf of portmgr@ > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >