pkg_add and 9.1 Release

[Matthew Seaman]

On 02/01/2013 05:20, doug wrote:
> Is this command being phased out? pkg_add -r uses a default environment
> of
> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-9.1-release/Latest/

In fact, yes, pkg_add and the other pkg_tools commands are being phased
out in favour of pkgng.  However it is early days yet, and the problem
you're seeing has nothing to do with that process.  pkgng won't become
the default in 9.x until the next release: until then the status quo
ante persists.

> This path does not exist on ftp.freebsd.org.

Quite so.  It's because of this:

http://www.freebsd.org/news/2012-compromise.html

As a consequence, large parts of the package building infrastructure are
quarantined, pending reinstallation.  Also there is a lot of work going
into revising the software used to build the packages with security
enhancements in mind.  So there simply aren't packages available yet to
go with 9.1-RELEASE.

	Cheers,

	Matthew

-- 
Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil.
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