Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2013 23:34:00 +0100 From: Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net> To: Bryan Drewery <bdrewery@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com>, FreeBSD Ports List <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Official FreeBSD Binary Packages now available for pkgng Message-ID: <20131102223400.GH34312@e-new.0x20.net> In-Reply-To: <5272D834.5030004@FreeBSD.org> References: <5271BC11.1010303@FreeBSD.org> <1383206755084-5856905.post@n5.nabble.com> <5272107D.2070301@gibfest.dk> <5272BAB0.3040302@freebsd.org> <5272C46E.2050105@FreeBSD.org> <CAOgwaMsN%2BLhAuL7JhwTFWEWY3AOU1n2hTHz%2BYbX2kPjx0xfVMA@mail.gmail.com> <CAOjFWZ5RF3gUGZZSVUJ_9=435C8YEJq_0yDUXBSDX1g6%2BRYGog@mail.gmail.com> <5272D834.5030004@FreeBSD.org>
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--4LFBTxd4L5NLO6ly Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 05:22:44PM -0500, Bryan Drewery wrote: > On 10/31/2013 4:54 PM, Freddie Cash wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 2:39 PM, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk < > > m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com> wrote: > >=20 > >> On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 4:58 PM, Bryan Drewery <bdrewery@freebsd.org> > >> wrote: > >> > >> At present , the packages information and themselves are available fro= m , > >> such as : > >> > >> ftp://ftp1.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/ > >> > >> It seems that new pkg compatible packages will not be exposed to the > >> Internet such as > >> > >> > >> http://avalon.dragonflybsd.org/dports/ > >> http://pkg.wolfpond.org/ > >> http://mirror.exonetric.net/pub/pkgng/ > >> > >> > >> This will be a very significant inconvenience for the possible users > >> because without an installed FreeBSD , they will not be able to see wh= at > >> are the available packages there . > >> > >=20 > > ???From the original message: > > Mirrors you may use instead of the global > > pkg.FreeBSD.org<http://pkg.freebsd.org/>; > > : > >=20 > > pkg.eu.FreeBSD.org <http://pkg.eu.freebsd.org/>; > > pkg.us-east.FreeBSD.org <http://pkg.us-east.freebsd.org/>; > > pkg.us-west.FreeBSD.org <http://pkg.us-west.freebsd.org/>; > >=20 > >=20 > > pkg.freebsd.org is, basically, an alias for the above (and any other > > mirrors that come online) and the pkg(1) tool will pick a "local" mirror > > based on the DNS response for pkg.freebsd.org. > >=20 > > However, you are free to manually enter any of the above mirrors into y= our > > pkg.conf. > >=20 > > And, you are free to browse any of the above mirrors via HTTP in any web > > browser. > >=20 > > It's not nearly as convenient as just browsing pkg.freebsd.org, but it's > > still possible to do so. >=20 > These are still SRV hosts as well. The real hosts can be found with >=20 > dig SRV _http._tcp.HOST HOST being the host from above lists. >=20 Please add this to pkg.conf(5) as this it not intuitive and the syntax is a bit cumbersome. --4LFBTxd4L5NLO6ly Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.21 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAlJ1fdgACgkQKc512sD3afjUVgCgwpAyOQyJ4n4xZiIJRFixCdwc 9N4AnjpG2FyZ2ocAHxjXk2HEWOV6cZ0T =Bhqm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --4LFBTxd4L5NLO6ly--
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