In freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 448, Issue 3, Message: 24 - please pardon the loss of threading - On Wed, 2 Jan 2013 02:47:41 -0500 (EST) d...@safeport.com wrote: > On Wed, 2 Jan 2013, Matthew Seaman wrote: > > > On 02/01/2013 05:20, doug wrote: > >> Is this command being phased out? pkg_add -r uses a default environment > >> of > >> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-9.1-release/Latest/ > > > > In fact, yes, pkg_add and the other pkg_tools commands are being phased > > out in favour of pkgng. However it is early days yet, and the problem > > you're seeing has nothing to do with that process. pkgng won't become > > the default in 9.x until the next release: until then the status quo > > ante persists.
Looking forward to using pkgng on my next 9.1 laptop, thanks Matthew. > >> This path does not exist on ftp.freebsd.org. > > > > Quite so. It's because of this: > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/news/2012-compromise.html > > > > As a consequence, large parts of the package building infrastructure are > > quarantined, pending reinstallation. Also there is a lot of work going > > into revising the software used to build the packages with security > > enhancements in mind. So there simply aren't packages available yet to > > go with 9.1-RELEASE. > > Ah yes, thank you Matthew. I had forgotten about that. I guess the 9.1RC3 > packages were removed for the same reason. ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-9-stable/Latest/ is still there, though. I ran into this from the installed 9.1-RELEASE /etc/motd's suggestion of adding Handbook, FAQ etc by using pkg_add -r en-freebsd-doc. I browsed to ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-9-stable/docs/en-freebsd-doc-39278,1.tbz dated October, and figured that should do for now :) I could have set PACKAGESITE but it was as easy to fetch(1) that file then pkg_add it. If I were going to install say X + KDE on that laptop - which I'm not - I'd merrily use what was fresh in October and upgrade as packages become available again, and build anything needing 'more freshness' from ports. cheers, Ian _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
