pkgng problems

[Julien Laffaye]

On 05/16/12 13:13, Ivan Voras wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I attempted to try pkgng, and failed:
>
> 1) I would like to request some documentation be added in the
> ports-mgmt/pkg port, to the pkg-message file, instructing to set up the
> pkg.conf (by copying the pkg.conf.sample file) before starting to do
> anything with pkgng. I would also like to request this same
> documentation added to the FAQ at
> https://github.com/pkgng/pkgng/blob/master/FAQ.md#0, and that the error
> message "pkg: PACKAGESITE is not defined" be changed to e.g. "pkg:
> PACKAGESITE is not defined - pkg.conf not found" or something similar
> indicating how to solve the problem.
Well, it can also be an environment variable.
> 2) The pkg.conf.sample file does not contain a list of valid repos:
>
> repos:
>    default : http://example.org/pkgng/
>    repo1 : http://somewhere.org/pkgng/repo1/
>    repo2 : http://somewhere.org/pkgng/repo2/
>
> ... and apparently this makes running "pkg update" impossible as it
> exits with the completely useless error message "Broken pipe". At least
> this error message should be changed.
I will have a look.
>
> I would like to request that pkg.conf.sample contain valid repos by
> default. While at it, where on the web is the list of valid repos and
> why is the documentation (README and the .sample conf file) not
> referencing it instead of specifying the abstract "example.org" addresses?
Well, we have a repo for testing: pkgbeta.freebsd.org but it is not 
endorsed by portmgr or something like that.
Plus, this repo is temporary and can/will disappear.
But we can add it during the testing phase.
> (I know pkgng is not finished, but this way you are not going to get any
> enthusiastic testers...)