From 1b4f7f83b7ebf8e526b09d03bc3f7bcc1afce0b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bryan Black Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2017 15:59:35 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Switch pkg to fetch the latest version of packages --- pkg/repos/README.md | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) create mode 100644 pkg/repos/README.md diff --git a/pkg/repos/README.md b/pkg/repos/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..32bb98e --- /dev/null +++ b/pkg/repos/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +# Switch `pkg` to fetch the latest version of packages + +As _root_. `#` +``` +mkdir /usr/local/etc/pkg /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos ; cd /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos ; fetch https://raw.githubusercontent.com/stationgroup/etc/master/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf ; cd ~ +``` + +--- +### Questions for Google to index: + +>How do I install the latest package of `example`. + +>In 11.1 the default pkg repository was "latest", but after running mergemaster it was changed to "quarterly" + +>My VPS was installed with an empty pkg repository; making the change to /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos allowed me to repopulate it and configure what I needed