[indiana-discuss] Pkg questions

Bart Smaalders bart.smaalders at Sun.COM
Thu Dec 6 19:34:37 PST 2007


Stephen Hahn wrote:
> * David Kleiner <david.kleiner at gmail.com> [2007-12-07 00:05]:
>> Is there a schedule for pkg-managed packages?  How often is it
>> refreshed?  Is there an RSS feed for updates?  How frequently should I
>> run image update?   
>  
>   It's still a bit ad hoc as we clear various packages for
>   redistribution.  I believe we have a few more packages to release on
>   75.
> 
>   I would like to get to the RSS feed soon, but there isn't one yet.  
> 
>   Generally, Bart or someone will announce new package uploads on this
>   alias.  I don't mind if you run refresh (or image-update) a lot--it's
>   good to stress out the server.
>   
>> {pfexec} pkg refresh; pkg status -u 
>>
>> does not show any updated packages - can I trust it? :)
> 
>   You can.  I do.
> 
>   - Stephen
> 

I just sent a code review out to the pkg-discuss list for
adding the NVidia drivers to the repository... so I expect
those changes to appear soon, along w/ Danek's legacy
action support so that svr4 pkg dependencies work.

- Bart

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