Im a little confused about the current state of Packages, in general. There's this transition, from the old pkg system to the pkgng system. And once you convert, you can't go back to the old system. But then, once you convert, you find out, there aren't actually any packages under pkgng system?
From what I've gathered, there was a security issue with the pkgng system. So all the packages were taken down? And so, people are building their own packagaes and distributing them as needed?
Is this a temporary situation? Will the pkgng system eventually be as fruitful as the old system was? i.e. lots of packagaes available.
Or am I just completely lost and don't realize where all the packages are?
http://pkgbeta.FreeBSD.org/freebsd:9:x86:64/ ?
Personally I enjoy using ports for the majority of situations. But, sometimes, these massive builds on slower systems, Packages really save the day. I don't mind building on a faster cpu and doing things that way, but, would be nice if the new system had packages.
Is the old system still suppose to be used? or is it discouraged?
Not criticizing or analyzing. If there is a security issue, im glad they found it and are working on it.
Just trying to find out what's going on. And what to expect in the future.
thanks everyone.
From what I've gathered, there was a security issue with the pkgng system. So all the packages were taken down? And so, people are building their own packagaes and distributing them as needed?
Is this a temporary situation? Will the pkgng system eventually be as fruitful as the old system was? i.e. lots of packagaes available.
Or am I just completely lost and don't realize where all the packages are?
http://pkgbeta.FreeBSD.org/freebsd:9:x86:64/ ?
Personally I enjoy using ports for the majority of situations. But, sometimes, these massive builds on slower systems, Packages really save the day. I don't mind building on a faster cpu and doing things that way, but, would be nice if the new system had packages.
Is the old system still suppose to be used? or is it discouraged?
Not criticizing or analyzing. If there is a security issue, im glad they found it and are working on it.
Just trying to find out what's going on. And what to expect in the future.
thanks everyone.