Question: bsdconfig package management

[mcgiwer]

Hello. I have a question. I had installed `bsdconfig` to visually manage the packages.

I wanted to ask if it's a planed behaviour or a issue that it attempt to access URL:

http://pkg.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/amd64/15.1- RELEASE

and if it's a issue then how to fix it ?

Thanks for the answer

 

[SirDice]

Why would a recent production release version be stored in an archive under "old releases"?

 

[covacat]

i don't think that works anymore
packages are not on ftp anymore

 

[SirDice]

pkg.freebsd.org never had a /pub sub directory as far as I know. The archives were never stored on pkg.freebsd.org either. This looks like a cobbled together URL from different sources.

The path from http://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/ (still works on HTTP) mixed with pkg.freebsd.org (actual package repository URL)

 

[mauror]

pkg install octopkg

OctoPkg - Tinta escura

OctoPkg is a graphical interface for the pkgng package manager. It is built in C++ using Qt5 libs and targeted to FreeBSD and its derived systems. The initial commit is from June/2015 and was made possible by the experience gained from the Octopi project. OctoPkg's source code is hosted on...

tintaescura.com

seems to me the best "full gui" package manager for Freebsd