Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2013 21:00:08 -0400 (EDT) From: doug@safeport.com To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: State of Packages Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1304041701470.50766@oceanpt.safeport.com> In-Reply-To: <8F446809-CBE1-4AD6-8497-66B415890B0C@exonetric.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1304041451170.50766@oceanpt.safeport.com> <515DE0B0.5020905@FreeBSD.org> <8F446809-CBE1-4AD6-8497-66B415890B0C@exonetric.com>
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On Thu, 4 Apr 2013, Mark Blackman wrote: > On 4 Apr 2013, at 21:21, Bryan Drewery <bdrewery@freebsd.org> wrote: > >> On 4/4/2013 1:57 PM, doug@safeport.com wrote: >>> Its seems certain that pkg_add is not [going to] be[ing] restored. >> >> Progress is being made on providing pkg_add and pkgng packages again. >> They will come back. > > > For those who might be interested in an interim solution, we've set up > an unofficial but public pkgng format repository at > > http://mirror.exonetric.net/pub/pkgng > > To use these packages, just set your PACKAGESITE variable in > /usr/local/etc/pkg.conf like so, > > PACKAGESITE : http://mirror.exonetric.net/pub/pkgng/${ABI}/latest > > These have FreeBSD 8, 9 and 10, i386 and amd64 kernel pkgng format packages > for the whole ports tree, build failures notwithstanding. > > You'll have to explicitly make the decision to trust or not these > builds, of course, but all are welcome to use them until the official > ones are available. Thank you _____ Douglas Denault http://www.safeport.com doug@safeport.com Voice: 301-217-9220 Fax: 301-217-9277
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