Re: pkg update

In reply to: Marco Moock : "Re: pkg update"
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From: John Levine <johnl_at_iecc.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:24:29 UTC

It appears that Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> said:
>
>The pkg software asks for the SRV record of pkg.FreeBSD.org.
>
>~$ dig srv pkg.FreeBSD.org +short
>pkgmir.geo.FreeBSD.org.

Actually, that's a CNAME.  There's no SRV record.  But I agree it works
fine over IPv6.

$ dig pkg.freebsd.org aaaa

; <<>> DiG 9.10.6 <<>> pkg.freebsd.org aaaa
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 43317
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;pkg.freebsd.org.		IN	AAAA

;; ANSWER SECTION:
pkg.freebsd.org.	248	IN	CNAME	pkgmir.geo.freebsd.org.
pkgmir.geo.freebsd.org.	150	IN	AAAA	2610:1c1:1:606c::50:1