From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 23 19:19:51 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F3E08B4; Fri, 23 Nov 2012 19:19:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd8@a1poweruser.com) Received: from mail-03.name-services.com (mail-03.name-services.com [69.64.155.195]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E8968FC12; Fri, 23 Nov 2012 19:19:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.0.10.3] ([173.88.197.103]) by mail-03.name-services.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Fri, 23 Nov 2012 11:19:51 -0800 Message-ID: <50AFCC5A.10006@a1poweruser.com> Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 14:19:54 -0500 From: Fbsd8 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Matthew Seaman Subject: Re: using new pkgng system on 9.0 system References: <50AE3BF5.1000200@a1poweruser.com> <50AE7716.6060506@infracaninophile.co.uk> <50AF9865.50509@a1poweruser.com> <50AFBCEE.1010000@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <50AFBCEE.1010000@FreeBSD.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 23 Nov 2012 19:19:51.0290 (UTC) FILETIME=[82B3E5A0:01CDC9AF] X-Sender: fbsd8@a1poweruser.com X-Authenticated-Sender: fbsd8@a1poweruser.com X-EchoSenderHash: [fbsd8]-[a1poweruser*com] 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, 23 Nov 2012 19:19:51 -0000 Matthew Seaman wrote: >> On 23/11/2012 15:38, Fbsd8 wrote: >> Can I browse the beta-test server repositories for the packages I want? >> > > > Download the repo catalogue by setting up your pkg.conf appropriately > then running: > > pkg update > > Then you can use tools like 'pkg search' or 'pkg rquery' to investigate > the available packages. (The first of those commands is more aimed at > human readable output, the second for scripting usage.) > > > Where do I find the url for the beta-test server repositories? Can I use ftp or browser to see index content?