On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 7:46 PM, Teske, Devin <devin.te...@fisglobal.com> wrote: > > 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 built > and installed by default on HEAD. > > If you are still relying on it, be careful and add WITH_PKGTOOLS=yes 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 methods of > acquisition) > > If this is the case, what's the surviving acquisition method? A custom TCP > protocol perhaps? > > There may be those that wish to use pkg in the pkg_add manner and download > 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 > fills 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 > from the local file; tossing the rest). If I go through the "pkg" tool, I > have to inspect things *after* they've been installed which is not to my > satisfaction. > > > [snip > bsdconfig is not installed by > default, > > Wrong, please see... > http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=252862 > [snip] > > The first thing that comes to mind in reprogramming bsdconfig's package > management for pkgng... > > We have a *very* large list of FTP mirrors. This will presumably be replaced > with a list of "pkg" mirrors. > > Do we have such a list that we want to program into the base configuration 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 _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
