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NetBSD Branches pkgsrc-2005Q1

Posted by timothy on from the enter-the-server-part-II dept.

jschauma writes "NetBSD's Alistair Crooks has announced the availability of the new stable branch pkgsrc-2005Q1 of the NetBSD Packages Collection (aka pkgsrc). This branch includes all the updates to the thousands of existing and additions of hundreds of new applications since the hereby obsoleted pkgsrc-2004Q4 branch. Some noteworthy infrastructure changes applicable to all 13 operating systems for which pkgsrc is available include the support for multiple digests to check the integrity of the distribution files as found on the Internet (triggered by the recently-found problems with the SHA-1 algorithm) and the so-called alternates framework."

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  1. Binary packages? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Where are the binary packages for pkgsrc-2005Q1? I can't find them on ftp.netbsd.org.

    1. Re:Binary packages? by jschauma · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Binary packages will be uploaded as soon as the various bulk-builds on the different operating systems and NetBSD ports have completed. This takes a while on some older platforms, though I'd expect some of the faster platforms to soon upload.

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      -- "Tradition is the illusion of permanence."
    2. Re:Binary packages? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

      I was the original AC who asked about where the pkgsrc-2005Q1 binary packages are.

      I've heard a lot of good things about pkgsrc, and how it's ultra-portable etc. That's why I'm surprised that pkgsrc still does not have a decent way to do something as "simple" as upgrading binary packages recursively. I say "simple" since upgrading binary packages should be relatively straightforward, seeing that pkgsrc developers must have looked into a lot of complex package management issues (after all, pkgsrc is portable across a gazillion platforms).

      Even OpenBSD, which reputedly has substandard package management tools, will be able to upgrade binary packages this way in the upcoming release using pkg_add -r.

      I really hope someone can prove to me that pkgsrc does have a convenient way to upgrade binary packages. My faith in pkgsrc and NetBSD is waning.