Re: Official FreeBSD Binary Packages now available for pkgng

It doesn't work with our (microsoft) proxy server, see below.

root_at_basay:/usr/local/etc/pkg/repos # pkg update -f
Updating repository catalogue
pkg: http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/freebsd:10:x86:64/latest/digests.txz: Service
Unavailable
pkg: No digest falling back on legacy catalog format
pkg: http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/freebsd:10:x86:64/latest/repo.txz: Service
Unavailable
root_at_basay:/usr/local/etc/pkg/repos #

Eric


On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 7:10 PM, Bryan Drewery <bdrewery_at_freebsd.org> wrote:

> We are pleased to announce that official binary packages are now
> available for pkg, the next generation package management tool for FreeBSD.
>
> Pkg allows you to either use ports with portmaster/portupgrade or to
> have binary remote packages without ports.
>
> We have binary packages available for i386 and amd64 on
> 8.3,8.4,9.1,9.2,10.0 and 11 (head).
>
> Pkg will be the default starting in FreeBSD 10.
>
> The pkg_install suite of tools pkg_create(1), pkg_add(1), and
> pkg_info(1) (which ports also use), are deprecated and will be
> discontinued in roughly 6 months. A communication regarding the
> deprecation of the pkg_install suite of tools will be sent separately in
> the future.
>
> If you are currently not using pkg and wish to, run the following as
> root. Be sure not to add WITH_PKGNG=yes to your make.conf until after
> pkg is installed.
>
>   # cd /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/pkg && make install clean
>   # echo WITH_PKGNG=yes >> /etc/make.conf
>   # pkg2ng
>
> You can now either continue to use ports with portmaster/portupgrade, as
> before or switch to using binary packages only.
>
>
> To use binary packages:
>
> 1. Ensure your pkg(8) is up-to-date. 'pkg -v' should say at least
>    1.1.4_8. If it does not, first upgrade from ports.
> 2. Remove any repository-specific configuration from
>    /usr/local/etc/pkg.conf, such as PACKAGESITE, MIRROR_TYPE, PUBKEY.
>    If this leaves your pkg.conf empty, just remove it.
> 3. mkdir -p /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos
> 4. Create the file /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf with:
> FreeBSD: {
>   url: "http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/latest",
>   mirror_type: "srv",
>   enabled: "yes"
> }
>
> * Note that pkg.FreeBSD.org does not have a browsable web page on it and
> does not have a DNS A record. This is intended as it is an SRV host.
> pkg(8) knows how to properly use it. You can use 'pkg search' to browse
> the available packages in the repository.
>
> Mirrors you may use instead of the global pkg.FreeBSD.org:
>
>     pkg.eu.FreeBSD.org
>     pkg.us-east.FreeBSD.org
>     pkg.us-west.FreeBSD.org
>
> Your system is now ready to use packages!
>
> Refer to the handbook section on pkgng for usage at
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/pkgng-intro.html
> .
> Also see 'man pkg' for examples or 'pkg help'.
>
>
> Packages are built weekly from a snapshot of the Ports Collection every
> Wednesday morning 01:00 UTC. They typically will be available in the
> repository after a few days.
>
> Pkg 1.2 will be released in the coming month which will bring many
> improvements including officially signed packages. FreeBSD 10's pkg
> bootstrap now also supports signed pkg(8) installation.
>
>
> Regards,
> Bryan Drewery
> on behalf of portmgr_at_
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org mailing list
> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current
> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe_at_freebsd.org"
>