Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 21:16:02 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <matthew@FreeBSD.org> To: Fbsd8 <fbsd8@a1poweruser.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: using new pkgng system on 9.0 system Message-ID: <50AFE792.1020101@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <50AFCC5A.10006@a1poweruser.com> References: <50AE3BF5.1000200@a1poweruser.com> <50AE7716.6060506@infracaninophile.co.uk> <50AF9865.50509@a1poweruser.com> <50AFBCEE.1010000@FreeBSD.org> <50AFCC5A.10006@a1poweruser.com>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig4A6CB7DC2E4D5E9A91DC1A11 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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. 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 --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey --------------enig4A6CB7DC2E4D5E9A91DC1A11 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.16 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlCv55sACgkQ8Mjk52CukIyQ9QCeMT+XK1gdh7XPNThlaB5ylrc8 K4IAnjpsNnzwOuVzvs9PTGSZ4cK6Z46i =qN0B -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig4A6CB7DC2E4D5E9A91DC1A11--
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