Re: using new pkgng system on 9.0 system

2012-11-30 Thread Richard Tobin
Tomorrow I'm going to prepare a 9.1-RC3 with pkgng. Wish me luck :) Where is the pkgng repository for 9.1-RC3? -- Richard -- The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. ___

Re: using new pkgng system on 9.0 system

2012-11-28 Thread Fbsd8
Matthew Seaman wrote: On 23/11/2012 19:19, Fbsd8 wrote: Where do I find the url for the beta-test server repositories? Can I use ftp or browser to see index content? pkg.conf as supplied in the port-mgmt/pkg port comes with the right URL for the FreeBSD pkg repo[*], which is currently

Re: using new pkgng system on 9.0 system

2012-11-23 Thread Fbsd8
Matthew Seaman wrote: On 22/11/2012 14:51, Fbsd8 wrote: Since pkg is being replaced by pkgng in Release 10.0 I would like to get head start by playing with it on my 9.0 system. Cool. Where can I find a write up about installing and using pkgng? If you start from

Re: using new pkgng system on 9.0 system

2012-11-23 Thread Amitabh Kant
On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 12:33 AM, Matthew Seaman m.sea...@infracaninophile.co.uk wrote: Most people testing pkgng at the moment are building their own package sets -- poudriere is a popular choice for doing that -- and setting up their own private repositories. There should have been

Re: using new pkgng system on 9.0 system

2012-11-23 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 23/11/2012 16:24, Amitabh Kant wrote: Can' we create a new format package using recent version of portmaster? Or am I reading everything incorrectly? Yes, you can certainly do that. portmaster works pretty well with pkgng although it is still missing a few features compared to using it with

Re: using new pkgng system on 9.0 system

2012-11-23 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 23/11/2012 15:38, Fbsd8 wrote: Can I browse the beta-test server repositories for the packages I want? Download the repo catalogue by setting up your pkg.conf appropriately then running: pkg update Then you can use tools like 'pkg search' or 'pkg rquery' to investigate the available

Re: using new pkgng system on 9.0 system

2012-11-23 Thread Fbsd8
Matthew Seaman wrote: On 23/11/2012 15:38, Fbsd8 wrote: Can I browse the beta-test server repositories for the packages I want? Download the repo catalogue by setting up your pkg.conf appropriately then running: pkg update Then you can use tools like 'pkg search' or 'pkg rquery' to

Re: using new pkgng system on 9.0 system

2012-11-23 Thread Walter Hurry
On Thu, 22 Nov 2012 19:03:50 +, Matthew Seaman wrote: Most people testing pkgng at the moment are building their own package sets -- poudriere is a popular choice for doing that -- and setting up their own private repositories. Yes, I too am building my own package set and creating a

Re: using new pkgng system on 9.0 system

2012-11-23 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 23/11/2012 19:19, Fbsd8 wrote: Where do I find the url for the beta-test server repositories? Can I use ftp or browser to see index content? pkg.conf as supplied in the port-mgmt/pkg port comes with the right URL for the FreeBSD pkg repo[*], which is currently pointing at the beta-test

Re: using new pkgng system on 9.0 system

2012-11-23 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 23/11/2012 20:36, Walter Hurry wrote: Poudriere though: I read somewhere that ZFS is a prerequisite. Is that so? Yes. poudriere uses the cloning and snapshotting abilities of ZFS as a fundamental part of the way it works. You can use tinderbox instead if you only have conventional