On Sun, Nov 03, 2013 at 12:36:54AM +0200, Kimmo Paasiala wrote: > On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 12:34 AM, Lars Engels <lars.eng...@0x20.net> wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 05:22:44PM -0500, Bryan Drewery wrote: > >> On 10/31/2013 4:54 PM, Freddie Cash wrote: > >> > On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 2:39 PM, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk < > >> > m.e.sanlit...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > > >> >> On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 4:58 PM, Bryan Drewery <bdrew...@freebsd.org> > >> >> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> At present , the packages information and themselves are available from > >> >> , > >> >> such as : > >> >> > >> >> ftp://ftp1.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/ > >> >> > >> >> It seems that new pkg compatible packages will not be exposed to the > >> >> Internet such as > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> http://avalon.dragonflybsd.org/dports/ > >> >> http://pkg.wolfpond.org/ > >> >> http://mirror.exonetric.net/pub/pkgng/ > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> This will be a very significant inconvenience for the possible users > >> >> because without an installed FreeBSD , they will not be able to see what > >> >> are the available packages there . > >> >> > >> > > >> > ???From the original message: > >> > Mirrors you may use instead of the global > >> > pkg.FreeBSD.org<http://pkg.freebsd.org/> > >> > : > >> > > >> > pkg.eu.FreeBSD.org <http://pkg.eu.freebsd.org/> > >> > pkg.us-east.FreeBSD.org <http://pkg.us-east.freebsd.org/> > >> > pkg.us-west.FreeBSD.org <http://pkg.us-west.freebsd.org/> > >> > > >> > > >> > pkg.freebsd.org is, basically, an alias for the above (and any other > >> > mirrors that come online) and the pkg(1) tool will pick a "local" mirror > >> > based on the DNS response for pkg.freebsd.org. > >> > > >> > However, you are free to manually enter any of the above mirrors into > >> > your > >> > pkg.conf. > >> > > >> > And, you are free to browse any of the above mirrors via HTTP in any web > >> > browser. > >> > > >> > It's not nearly as convenient as just browsing pkg.freebsd.org, but it's > >> > still possible to do so. > >> > >> These are still SRV hosts as well. The real hosts can be found with > >> > >> dig SRV _http._tcp.HOST HOST being the host from above lists. > >> > > > > Please add this to pkg.conf(5) as this it not intuitive and the syntax > > is a bit cumbersome. > > > You will never have to know that syntax unless you're one of the few > that are behind a very restrictive firewall/proxy. The pkg client does > all this SRV record magic internally to find out a suitable mirror. >
Right, but I actually happen to fall into that group at work. ;-)
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