bootstrapping /usr/sbin/pkg inside a jail

[Matthew Seaman]

On 05/07/14 15:27, Łukasz Wąsikowski wrote:
> W dniu 2014-05-07 16:07, Fbsd8 pisze:
> 
>> It's not a question of getting to the internet which ping shows works.
>> Its that going to
>> ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-current/Latest/
>> using a browser or ftp shows that directory path does not exist.
>>
>> So it all boils down to, where is pkg program getting the url from and
>> why is there difference between host and jail?
>>
>> This is more a pkgng question then a jail question.
> 
> pkg(8) use location from /usr/local/etc/pkg.conf (before 1.2.x IIRC) and
> from /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/ directory in 1.2.x and newer.
> 

That's true of the actual pkg(8) program.  The /usr/sbin/pkg
bootstrapping thinger works a bit differently.  It depends on what
version of FreeBSD you're bootstrapping on.  Certainly on 10.x or above
it uses the same URL as in /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf:
http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/latest.  /usr/sbin/pkg had a different
default in older versions of the OS, and you'ld either have to write a
/usr/local/etc/pkg.conf or set PACKAGESITE in the environment --
irrespective of whether the actual pkg(8) you were installing would take
any notice of PACKAGESITE itself.

Basically: set PACKAGESITE in the environment to tell /usr/sbin/pkg
where to get the real pkg fron on 9.x or earlier; otherwise just use the
built-in default on 10.x or above.  Once you've got pkg(8) installed you
can write your own repo.conf setup for everything else should you want
to use a custom repo.  Don't create a /usr/local/etc/pkg.conf unless you
specifically want to override any of the default global settings.

	Cheers,

	Matthew



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