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Date:      Sun, 11 Aug 2013 20:24:28 -0400
From:      Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com>
To:        Stan Gammons <s_gammons@charter.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD Ports <ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Ports or packages?
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On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 7:15 PM, Stan Gammons <s_gammons@charter.net> wrote:

>
> On Aug 11, 2013, at 4:23 PM, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <
> m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 4:59 PM, Stan Gammons <s_gammons@charter.net>
> wrote:
> >
> >> I know the binary packages were taken down after the security incident a
> >> while back. Are many/any binary packages available now or does one still
> >> have to build most everything from ports?  If binary packages are
> available
> >> now, what is the URL to the repository?
> >>
> >> Stan
> >> _______________________________________________
> > http://www.freebsd.org/ports/index.html
> >
> > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/
> > ftp://ftp1.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/
> > ftp://ftp2.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/
> >
>
>
> Assuming one has converted to the new packagement tool and added
> WITH_PKGNG=yes to /etc/make.conf, one could use the links for packagesite
> in pkg.conf to install binary packages with pkg?  Can one have multiple
> packagesite statements in pkg.conf?
>
> I see the repositories don't have the latest versions, so portupgrade or
> portmaster would be needed to upgrade to the latest versions from ports?
>  If so, can one mix and match pkg and portupgrade or portmaster or is that
> asking for trouble?  i.e. use pkg to install packages and portupgrade or
> portmaster to upgrade packages.
>
>
> Stan
>
>
>
>
>

The above links are NOT containing  new pkgng kind packages yet .

For pkgng compatible packages , you may see the following pages :

http://www.exonetric.com/
http://mirror.exonetric.net/pub/pkgng/
http://mirror.exonetric.net/pub/pkgng/freebsd%3A10%3Ax86%3A64/2013-02-09/All/



Thank you very much .

Mehmet Erol Sanliturk



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