On 02/10/2013 21:07, Winston wrote: > Summary: > > Where is the (U.S.) pkg(ng) repository for amd64 9.2-RELEASE (i.e., > what's the right URI for PACKAGESITE in pkg.conf)? > > > Things I tried that didn't work: > > * pkg_add -r pkg didn't create /usr/local/etc/pkg.conf > > * pkg.conf.sample suggests "http://pkg.freebsd.org/${ABI}/latest";, > but the host name pkg.freebsd.org does not DNS resolve for me. > > * URLs using pkgbeta.FreeBSD.org didn't work, and > http://pkgbeta.FreeBSD.org/ itself says > "Currently this site only contains pkg bootstrap files!"
Yeah -- and the bootstrap pkg on pkgbeta is severely out of date and has some problems with the up to date DB schema. Use PACKAGESITE=http://pkg-test.freebsd.org/pkg-test-${ABI}/latest That's the kit that will form the official FreeBSD package repository; it just lacks the crypto bits for signing the packages, which is why it's calling itself 'pkg-test' Oh -- there isn't an A record in the DNS for pkg-test.freebsd.org -- look up a SRV record for _http._tcp.pkg-test.freebsd.org instead. (Yes, this is counter to RFC 2616. https://github.com/freebsd/pkg/issues/550 There are moves afoot to change to a new set of URL schemes: pkg+http://, pkg+https://, pkg+ssh:// etc. but these are still under development) Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey
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