How to change pkg repository?

[neoblackcap]

I have read the manual of pkg and pkg.conf. However I can't find how to change pkg repository. PACKAGESITE and MIRROR_TYPE are deprecated. What is the right way to change repository? And is the pkg repository different with the full freebsd FreeBSD mirrors?

 

[Beastie]

The bare minimum...

/etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf:

FreeBSD: { 
  url             : "pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/latest",
  enabled         : yes,
  mirror_type     : "SRV",
}

Change the url part to whatever suits you. The above uses the defaults: it tells pkg to fetch packages for the system's architecture and lets the server redirect to the closest mirror.

I don't understand your second question. What repository are you talking about and what are "full FreeBSD mirrors"?!

 

[neoblackcap]

As I know, the pkg repository only contains binary packages. But the full FreeBSD mirrors contain source code and binary packages (maybe that is called Ports repository, I don't know). That's worked on Ports and I know that contains binary packages. So I wonder whether it can be used as a pkg repository.

 

[Incnis Mrsi]

/etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf:

Just note that one shouldn’t keep other files (such as backups) in /etc/pkg/ under such names as FreeBSD~.conf. It appears that pkg(8) looks at all files in the directory, not just the one named FreeBSD.conf.

 

[SirDice]

Thread's been dead for 10 years.

And it's not correct, you should never edit /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf. Your changes are likely removed with an update to the base OS.