Re: [HEADSUP] No more pkg_install on HEAD by default

From: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 08:38:19 +0200
On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 06:51:00PM -0500, Mark Felder wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 13, 2013, at 13:54, Teske, Devin wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > If FTP access (or any of the other remote access methods) are going away
> > for HEAD pkg access, I'll need to know so I can make the appropriate
> > changes in the HEAD branch of bsdconfig.
> >
> 
> It's simpler than you think. The new pkg uses libfetch. You can have
> your PACAKGESITE be file:// ftp:// http:// https:// ... 
> 
> I do suspect that HTTP_PROXY support is probably not available as I
> recall seeing a post where someone was asking about that getting
> implemented for fetch. I'll have to research that again, though.

Yes pkgng do support proxies, because libfetch do support them.

pkgng also support ssh://

regards,
Bapt

Received on Mon Jul 15 2013 - 04:38:23 UTC

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