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Fbsd8

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Nov 28, 2012, 12:29:05 PM11/28/12
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Matthew Seaman wrote:
> 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.

There is no pkg.conf supplied. It's named as pkg.conf.sample this fact
is not mentioned anywhere. pkg should be released with a default
pkg.conf not a pkg.conf.sample so pkg is ready to function right from
the original install of pkg.
>
> 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
>

Yes the url pkgbeta.FreeBSD.org can be browsed using a browser.
As of Nov 28 pkgbeta.FreeBSD.org only contains the pkg package.
So in conclusion, pkg is not ready for testing.


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Frank

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Nov 29, 2012, 4:48:20 PM11/29/12
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It is safe yet to use pkg2ng in production?

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Frank
> > worm:~:% dig _http._tcp.pkg.freebsd.org (http://_http._tcp.pkg.freebsd.org) IN SRV
> >
> > ; <<>> DiG 9.8.3-P4 <<>> _http._tcp.pkg.freebsd.org (http://_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 (http://_http._tcp.pkg.freebsd.org). IN SRV
> >
> > ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> > _http._tcp.pkg.freebsd.org (http://_http._tcp.pkg.freebsd.org). 3600 IN SRV 10 10 80 pkgbeta.FreeBSD.org (http://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
> >
>
>
> Yes the url pkgbeta.FreeBSD.org (http://pkgbeta.FreeBSD.org) can be browsed using a browser.
> As of Nov 28 pkgbeta.FreeBSD.org (http://pkgbeta.FreeBSD.org) only contains the pkg package.
> So in conclusion, pkg is not ready for testing.
>
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Damien Fleuriot

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Nov 29, 2012, 6:16:21 PM11/29/12
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Used it on 8.3 boxes here, no complaints so far.

Gonna slowly transition all our ~60 firewalls to pkgng.

Note that I used pkg2ng on firewall boxes with ~180 installed ports each.

Frank

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Nov 29, 2012, 6:57:11 PM11/29/12
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--
Frank


On Thursday, November 29, 2012 at 11:16 PM, Damien Fleuriot wrote:

> Used it on 8.3 boxes here, no complaints so far.
>
> Gonna slowly transition all our ~60 firewalls to pkgng.
>
> Note that I used pkg2ng on firewall boxes with ~180 installed ports each.
>
pretty nice :)

Tomorrow I'm going to prepare a 9.1-RC3 with pkgng. Wish me luck :)
> > > > worm:~:% dig _http._tcp.pkg.freebsd.org (http://_http._tcp.pkg.freebsd.org) (http://_http._tcp.pkg.freebsd.org) IN SRV
> > > >
> > > > ; <<>> DiG 9.8.3-P4 <<>> _http._tcp.pkg.freebsd.org (http://_http._tcp.pkg.freebsd.org) (http://_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 (http://_http._tcp.pkg.freebsd.org) (http://_http._tcp.pkg.freebsd.org). IN SRV

Richard Tobin

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Nov 30, 2012, 5:03:45 AM11/30/12
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> Tomorrow I'm going to prepare a 9.1-RC3 with pkgng. Wish me luck :)

Where is the pkgng repository for 9.1-RC3?

-- Richard

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