Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 12:29:05 -0500 From: Fbsd8 <fbsd8@a1poweruser.com> To: Matthew Seaman <matthew@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: using new pkgng system on 9.0 system Message-ID: <50B649E1.8070001@a1poweruser.com> In-Reply-To: <50AFE792.1020101@FreeBSD.org> References: <50AE3BF5.1000200@a1poweruser.com> <50AE7716.6060506@infracaninophile.co.uk> <50AF9865.50509@a1poweruser.com> <50AFBCEE.1010000@FreeBSD.org> <50AFCC5A.10006@a1poweruser.com> <50AFE792.1020101@FreeBSD.org>
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Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 23/11/2012 19:19, Fbsd8 wrote: >> Where do I find the url for the beta-test server repositories? >> Can I use ftp or browser to see index content? > > > pkg.conf as supplied in the port-mgmt/pkg port comes with the right URL > for the FreeBSD pkg repo[*], which is currently pointing at the > beta-test repo, but which will in the fullness of time be changed to > point at the actual production repo. There is no pkg.conf supplied. It's named as pkg.conf.sample this fact is not mentioned anywhere. pkg should be released with a default pkg.conf not a pkg.conf.sample so pkg is ready to function right from the original install of pkg. > > No, in general you can't assume that you'll be able to browse the repo > using a web browser or similar. Even if you could, all you'ld see is a > lot of pkg tarballs which would tell you the package names and versions > and how much data you'll need to download and not a lot else. Use the > repo catalogue. It can tell you almost anything you might want to know > about the available packages in the repo. > > Cheers, > > Matthew > > [*] Note: the default URL uses an SRV record in the DNS, which typical > web browsers don't know how to handle. You'll just get NXDOMAIN if you > try and point Firefox at it. > > For those who know how to handle SRV records, it looks like this: > > worm:~:% dig _http._tcp.pkg.freebsd.org IN SRV > > ; <<>> DiG 9.8.3-P4 <<>> _http._tcp.pkg.freebsd.org IN SRV > ;; global options: +cmd > ;; Got answer: > ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 48300 > ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 > > ;; QUESTION SECTION: > ;_http._tcp.pkg.freebsd.org. IN SRV > > ;; ANSWER SECTION: > _http._tcp.pkg.freebsd.org. 3600 IN SRV 10 10 80 pkgbeta.FreeBSD.org. > > ;; Query time: 44 msec > ;; SERVER: 8.8.8.8#53(8.8.8.8) > ;; WHEN: Fri Nov 23 21:13:50 2012 > ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 83 > Yes the url pkgbeta.FreeBSD.org can be browsed using a browser. As of Nov 28 pkgbeta.FreeBSD.org only contains the pkg package. So in conclusion, pkg is not ready for testing.
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