Re: using new pkgng system on 9.0 system

2012-11-22 Thread Bas Smeelen
On 11/22/2012 03:51 PM, Fbsd8 wrote: > Since pkg is being replaced by pkgng in Release 10.0 I would like to get > head start by playing with it on my 9.0 system. > > Where can I find a write up about installing and using pkgng? > > Have all the pkg packages been converted to pkgng format and are t

Re: using new pkgng system on 9.0 system

2012-11-22 Thread Fbsd8
Bas Smeelen wrote: On 11/22/2012 03:51 PM, Fbsd8 wrote: Since pkg is being replaced by pkgng in Release 10.0 I would like to get head start by playing with it on my 9.0 system. Where can I find a write up about installing and using pkgng? Have all the pkg packages been converted to pkgng form

Re: using new pkgng system on 9.0 system

2012-11-22 Thread Bas Smeelen
On 11/22/2012 04:14 PM, Fbsd8 wrote: > Bas Smeelen wrote: >> On 11/22/2012 03:51 PM, Fbsd8 wrote: >>> Since pkg is being replaced by pkgng in Release 10.0 I would like to get >>> head start by playing with it on my 9.0 system. >>> >>> Where can I find a write up about installing and using pkgng? >

Re: using new pkgng system on 9.0 system

2012-11-22 Thread Fbsd8
Bas Smeelen wrote: On 11/22/2012 04:14 PM, Fbsd8 wrote: Bas Smeelen wrote: On 11/22/2012 03:51 PM, Fbsd8 wrote: Since pkg is being replaced by pkgng in Release 10.0 I would like to get head start by playing with it on my 9.0 system. Where can I find a write up about installing and using pkgn

Re: using new pkgng system on 9.0 system

2012-11-22 Thread Bas Smeelen
On 11/22/12 16:42, Fbsd8 wrote: > Bas Smeelen wrote: >> On 11/22/2012 04:14 PM, Fbsd8 wrote: >>> Bas Smeelen wrote: On 11/22/2012 03:51 PM, Fbsd8 wrote: > Since pkg is being replaced by pkgng in Release 10.0 I would like > to get head start by playing with it on my 9.0 system. > >

Re: using new pkgng system on 9.0 system

2012-11-22 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 22/11/2012 14:51, Fbsd8 wrote: > Since pkg is being replaced by pkgng in Release 10.0 I would like to get > head start by playing with it on my 9.0 system. Cool. > Where can I find a write up about installing and using pkgng? If you start from http://wiki.freebsd.org/pkgng (which has quite a

Re: using new pkgng system on 9.0 system

2012-11-23 Thread Fbsd8
Matthew Seaman wrote: On 22/11/2012 14:51, Fbsd8 wrote: Since pkg is being replaced by pkgng in Release 10.0 I would like to get head start by playing with it on my 9.0 system. Cool. Where can I find a write up about installing and using pkgng? If you start from http://wiki.freebsd.org/pkg

Re: using new pkgng system on 9.0 system

2012-11-23 Thread Amitabh Kant
On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 12:33 AM, Matthew Seaman < m.sea...@infracaninophile.co.uk> wrote: > > > Most people testing pkgng at the moment are building their own package > sets -- poudriere is a popular choice for doing that -- and setting up > their own private repositories. > > There should have b

Re: using new pkgng system on 9.0 system

2012-11-23 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 23/11/2012 16:24, Amitabh Kant wrote: > Can' we create a new format package using recent version of portmaster? Or > am I reading everything incorrectly? Yes, you can certainly do that. portmaster works pretty well with pkgng although it is still missing a few features compared to using it wit

Re: using new pkgng system on 9.0 system

2012-11-23 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 23/11/2012 15:38, Fbsd8 wrote: > Can I browse the beta-test server repositories for the packages I want? Download the repo catalogue by setting up your pkg.conf appropriately then running: pkg update Then you can use tools like 'pkg search' or 'pkg rquery' to investigate the available pack

Re: using new pkgng system on 9.0 system

2012-11-23 Thread Fbsd8
Matthew Seaman wrote: On 23/11/2012 15:38, Fbsd8 wrote: Can I browse the beta-test server repositories for the packages I want? > > Download the repo catalogue by setting up your pkg.conf appropriately then running: pkg update Then you can use tools like 'pkg search' or 'pkg rquery' to in

Re: using new pkgng system on 9.0 system

2012-11-23 Thread Walter Hurry
On Thu, 22 Nov 2012 19:03:50 +, Matthew Seaman wrote: > Most people testing pkgng at the moment are building their own package > sets -- poudriere is a popular choice for doing that -- and setting up > their own private repositories. Yes, I too am building my own package set and creating a pr

Re: using new pkgng system on 9.0 system

2012-11-23 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 23/11/2012 19:19, Fbsd8 wrote: > Where do I find the url for the beta-test server repositories? > Can I use ftp or browser to see index content? pkg.conf as supplied in the port-mgmt/pkg port comes with the right URL for the FreeBSD pkg repo[*], which is currently pointing at the beta-test rep

Re: using new pkgng system on 9.0 system

2012-11-23 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 23/11/2012 20:36, Walter Hurry wrote: > Poudriere though: I read somewhere that ZFS is a prerequisite. Is that > so? Yes. poudriere uses the cloning and snapshotting abilities of ZFS as a fundamental part of the way it works. You can use tinderbox instead if you only have conventional files

Re: using new pkgng system on 9.0 system

2012-11-28 Thread Fbsd8
Matthew Seaman wrote: On 23/11/2012 19:19, Fbsd8 wrote: Where do I find the url for the beta-test server repositories? Can I use ftp or browser to see index content? pkg.conf as supplied in the port-mgmt/pkg port comes with the right URL for the FreeBSD pkg repo[*], which is currently pointin

Re: using new pkgng system on 9.0 system

2012-11-29 Thread Frank
It is safe yet to use pkg2ng in production? -- Frank On Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at 5:29 PM, Fbsd8 wrote: > Matthew Seaman wrote: > > On 23/11/2012 19:19, Fbsd8 wrote: > > > Where do I find the url for the beta-test server repositories? > > > Can I use ftp or browser to see index content?

Re: using new pkgng system on 9.0 system

2012-11-29 Thread Damien Fleuriot
Used it on 8.3 boxes here, no complaints so far. Gonna slowly transition all our ~60 firewalls to pkgng. Note that I used pkg2ng on firewall boxes with ~180 installed ports each. On 29 Nov 2012, at 22:48, Frank wrote: > It is safe yet to use pkg2ng in production? > > -- > Frank > > > On

Re: using new pkgng system on 9.0 system

2012-11-29 Thread Frank
-- Frank On Thursday, November 29, 2012 at 11:16 PM, Damien Fleuriot wrote: > Used it on 8.3 boxes here, no complaints so far. > > Gonna slowly transition all our ~60 firewalls to pkgng. > > Note that I used pkg2ng on firewall boxes with ~180 installed ports each. > pretty nice :) Tomorro

Re: using new pkgng system on 9.0 system

2012-11-30 Thread Richard Tobin
> Tomorrow I'm going to prepare a 9.1-RC3 with pkgng. Wish me luck :) Where is the pkgng repository for 9.1-RC3? -- Richard -- The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. ___ freebsd-q