On Thu, 08 May 2025 08:59:25 -0700, Chris <[email protected]> wrote: >On 2025-05-08 06:23, [email protected] wrote: >> Moin Rahman wrote on Thu, 08 May 2025 14:19:05 +0200 (CEST): >>> Let me be blunt, because this needs to be said clearly. >> >> No necessity. It boils down to the fact that STABLE's and RELEASE's >> FreeBSD.conf refer to different repository URLs. Which I simply wasn't > >> aware of. Perhaps documented somewhere? >Please see pkg.conf(5). :) So ... pkg.conf(5) ... I couldn't find -clear- documentation on anything other than what a URL field does in that man page.
Now I happen to have some familiarity (which will quite likely be challenged on these lists) with this entire ports system. With this in mind, I'll note that the example: url: "pkg+https://pkg.freebsd.org/${ABI}/latest"; comes with no explanation of the "pkg+https" pseudo-schemea, no clear idea of what ABI should be (yes I am aware this is auto generated, that's not the point), and no list that I've found (even unmaintained) of supported scheme/ABI combinations. (Does FreeBSD:13:i386 exist?) It has been said that man pages are reference documentation and not tutorial documentation. Yet I find the most common implication of "Please see some man page" is that it is somehow a substitute for tutorial documentation, which is lacking in FreeBSD to some degree which can and will be debated. It is not required to explain anything. It is a courtesy, which I dare say is the same kind of courtesy as knowing at least -some- background before posting a bug report. I know some of you are insanely busy, which is why I understand when some of you do not explain anything in depth. But it sure would be nice if you did. :) -- Dave Hayes - Computer and Internet Consultant - LA CA, USA >> *Opinions expressed above are entirely my own* << Nasrudin went into a bank with a check to cash. "Can you identify yourself?" asked the clerk. Nasrudin took out a mirror and peered into it. "Yes, that's me alright."
