Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 14:29:55 -0400 From: Auld Besom <scratch65535@att.net> To: freebsd-ports <freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: PKG not quite ready for prime time Message-ID: <079g3al8tmta89l8b471esttb0et8av02b@4ax.com> In-Reply-To: <54381F2B.7020800@gmx.de> References: <sl4g3adpms8lkd2rr38n3666et8eptsp9i@4ax.com> <543817AA.8080305@gmx.de> <he6g3apojoln19fd9d8gr2rs0koq3a6940@4ax.com> <54381F2B.7020800@gmx.de>
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On Fri, 10 Oct 2014 20:02:19 +0200, you wrote: >On 2014-10-10 19:43, scratch65535@att.net wrote: >> >> On Fri, 10 Oct 2014 19:30:18 +0200, you wrote: >> >>> On 2014-10-10 19:13, scratch65535@att.net wrote: >>>> I'm having quite a lot of trouble converting to pkg due to there >>>> being no obvious source of accurate documentation. I got this >>>> after I thought I had it solved and could install something: >>>> >>>> 11:36 Fri, 10 Oct [momcat:root]~> pkg install firefox >>>> Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue... >>>> pkg: Repository FreeBSD has a wrong packagesite, need to >>>> re-create database >>>> Fetching meta.txz: 100% 968 B 1.0k/s 00:01 >>>> pkg: Error loading trusted certificates >>>> pkg: repository FreeBSD has no meta file, using default settings >>>> Fetching digests.txz: 100% 2 MB 119.8k/s 00:17 >>>> pkg: Error loading trusted certificates >>>> pkg: Unable to update repository FreeBSD >>>> All repositories are up-to-date. >>>> pkg: Repository FreeBSD has a wrong packagesite, need to >>>> re-create database >>>> pkg: Repository FreeBSD cannot be opened. 'pkg update' required >>>> Updating database digests format: 100% >>>> pkg: No packages available to install matching 'firefox' have >>>> been found in the repositories >>>> >>>> >>>> Just for the record, could someone knowledgeable please post the >>>> real, current list of required config files and their contents OR >>>> a pointer to known-good+complete documentation? >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>> >>> Please show us the following output >>> $ pkg info pkg >> >> >> [momcat:root]~> pkg info pkg >> pkg-1.3.8_3 >> Name : pkg >> Version : 1.3.8_3 >> Installed on : Fri Oct 10 07:57:56 EDT 2014 >> Origin : ports-mgmt/pkg >> Architecture : freebsd:9:x86:64 >> Prefix : /usr/local >> Categories : ports-mgmt >> Licenses : BSD2CLAUSE >> Maintainer : portmgr@FreeBSD.org >> WWW : http://wiki.freebsd.org/pkgng >> Comment : Package manager >> Shared Libs provided: >> libpkg.so.3 >> Flat size : 8.18MiB >> Description : >> Package management tool >> >> WWW: http://wiki.freebsd.org/pkgng >> >> >>> >>> and from next command everything from "Repositories:" to the end (last ~10 lines) >>> $ pkg -vv >> >> >> Repositories: >> FreeBSD: { >> url : >> "pkg+http://pkg.freebsd.org/freebsd:8:x86:64/latest", >> enabled : yes, >> mirror_type : "SRV", >> signature_type : "FINGERPRINTS", >> fingerprints : "/usr/share/keys/pkg" >> } >> 13:41 Fri, 10 Oct [momcat:root]~> >> > >There is a architecture mismatch, your pkg claims to be a 9.x package and your repo wants to install 8.x packages. >I suspect this is a upgraded system that has maunualy changes in the repo file. > >Locate the file "/etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf" and make sure it looks like the following lines (the variable ${ABI} instead "freebsd:8:x86:64") >(it is possible a correct copy exists in /usr/src/etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf) > >FreeBSD: { > url: "pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/latest", > mirror_type: "srv", > signature_type: "fingerprints", > fingerprints: "/usr/share/keys/pkg", > enabled: yes >} > > >after fixing the repo run >$ pkg update -f I had it as ${ABI} to begin with, but had no luck that way either (see below). Then I changed it, unaware that that first 8 was the version, or even that there are o/s version-dependent versions of pkg. 14:25 Fri, 10 Oct [momcat:root]/etc/pkg> cat FreeBSD.conf FreeBSD: { url: "pkg+http://pkg.freebsd.org/${ABI}/latest", enabled: true, signature_type: "fingerprints", fingerprints: "/usr/share/keys/pkg", mirror_type: "srv" } 14:25 Fri, 10 Oct [momcat:root]/etc/pkg> pkg update -f Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue... pkg: Repository FreeBSD has a wrong packagesite, need to re-create database Fetching meta.txz: 100% 968 B 1.0k/s 00:01 pkg: Error loading trusted certificates pkg: repository FreeBSD has no meta file, using default settings Fetching digests.txz: 100% 2 MB 119.8k/s 00:17 pkg: Error loading trusted certificates pkg: Unable to update repository FreeBSD 14:25 Fri, 10 Oct [momcat:root]/etc/pkg>
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