which pkg repository with 9.1

mhca12 mhca12 at gmail.com
Mon Feb 4 19:09:32 UTC 2013


On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 8:03 PM, Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve at sohara.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 4 Feb 2013 19:53:40 +0100
> mhca12 <mhca12 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 7:48 PM, mhca12 wrote:
>> > On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 7:31 PM, mhca12 wrote:
>> >> I have just installed 9.1 amd64 on a test machine and wanted
>> >> to install rsync. Is pkgng the right choice and if so is there
>> >> a handy guide how to get started or should I use pkg_add -r?
>> >>
>> >> Is this any different for i386? It used to be that there's
>> >> no i386 pkgng repository.
>> >
>> > I ran pkg and it fetched and setup pkgng. That was easy.
>>
>> Is it possible that the November 2012 security incident means
>> there's still no installable packaged via pkg-install?
>> I was going to install rsync.
>
>         I believe it is still the case that there is no official package
> repository. I've gone to using poudriere to maintain a local pkgng
> repository. Once set up (not too hard) it's remarkably painless.

To get started for the moment can't I also use pkg_add -r rsync?


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