Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2013 21:16:18 +0300 From: Kimmo Paasiala <kpaasial@gmail.com> To: Devin Teske <dteske@freebsd.org> Cc: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org>, "current@FreeBSD.org" <current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [HEADSUP] No more pkg_install on HEAD by default Message-ID: <CA%2B7WWSe7C2UXAsEX3OZH7nPJJbxotpQ_iYBxgake4R68sbUtLA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <13CA24D6AB415D428143D44749F57D7201FC3C92@ltcfiswmsgmb21> References: <20130712231637.GS85556@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> <13CA24D6AB415D428143D44749F57D7201FC2DBD@ltcfiswmsgmb21> <20130713080732.GV85556@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> <13CA24D6AB415D428143D44749F57D7201FC3AA2@ltcfiswmsgmb21> <13CA24D6AB415D428143D44749F57D7201FC3C92@ltcfiswmsgmb21>
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On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 7:46 PM, Teske, Devin <Devin.Teske@fisglobal.com> w= rote: > > On Jul 13, 2013, at 8:17 AM, Teske, Devin wrote: > > > On Jul 13, 2013, at 1:07 AM, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 11:52:19PM +0000, Teske, Devin wrote: > On Jul 12, 2013, at 4:16 PM, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: > > Hi, > > I have just committed (r253305) a change the make pkg_install not being b= uilt > and installed by default on HEAD. > > If you are still relying on it, be careful and add WITH_PKGTOOLS=3Dyes in= your > src.conf(5) > > [snip] > > I for one am effected and will have to change things. > > If you are referring to bsdconfig's package management, > > [snip] Yes. that's what I'm talking about. [snip] > > > it is not working anyway > HEAD as we do not and will not provides any pkg_install for HEAD via any = of the > usual distribution process: http, ftp, CD. > > > > The FTP mirror of packages is going away? (if you said yes and pointed at= a prior conversation about leading up to this, I would not be surprised --= I'm just questioning it because I don't see the value in pairing-down meth= ods of acquisition) > > If this is the case, what's the surviving acquisition method? A custom TC= P protocol perhaps? > > There may be those that wish to use pkg in the pkg_add manner and downloa= d things and then inspect them manually before adding them. For example, I = often go the freshports.org<http://freshports.org>; to find a package that f= ills a need... download it from the official FTP server(s), inspect all of = them, and choose the one that best fits me need (and only then installing f= rom the local file; tossing the rest). If I go through the "pkg" tool, I ha= ve to inspect things *after* they've been installed which is not to my sati= sfaction. > > > [snip > bsdconfig is not installed by > default, > > Wrong, please see... > http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=3Drevision&revision=3D252862 > [snip] > > The first thing that comes to mind in reprogramming bsdconfig's package m= anagement for pkgng... > > We have a *very* large list of FTP mirrors. This will presumably be repla= ced with a list of "pkg" mirrors. > > Do we have such a list that we want to program into the base configuratio= n of bsdconfig? > -- > Devin > Come on, this only concerns 10-CURRENT. Where is it stated that the FTP mirrors for FreeBSD 8/9 packages are going away? -Kimmo
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