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pkgsrc-2014Q2
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The pkgsrc team is proud to announce the availability of the
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pkgsrc-2014Q2 branch. We welcome python-3.4, as well as many new and
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updated packages, a new default postgreSQL version, 9.3, and Lua
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multi-version support.
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Number of Packages
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==================
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In pkgsrc, there are:
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14895 possible pkgsrc packages in pkgsrc-2014Q2
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12116 pkgsrc entries as reported by lintpkgsrc (unique package Makefiles)
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14254 binary packages built with gcc for NetBSD-current/x86_64
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14895 binary packages built with clang for NetBSD-current/x86_64
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12037 binary packages built with gcc for Joyent's SmartOS/i386
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12635 binary packages built with gcc for Joyent's SmartOS/x86_64
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13118 binary packages built with gcc for Linux-2.6.32/x86_64
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10868 binary packages built with gcc for Darwin 10.8.0/i386
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12316 binary packages built with clang for FreeBSD 10.0/x86_64
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In addition, this quarter:
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244 packages have been added
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2 packages have been renamed
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18 packages removed, 1 with a successor
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1085 packages updated
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Pkgsrc Release Schedule
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=======================
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The pkgsrc developers make a new release every three months. We
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believe that this is a sweet spot between too many updates, and
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keeping abreast of issues like security vulnerabilities. Pkgsrc is
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not tied to any one operating system or architecture, which gives us
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the ability to decouple the releases from any operating system
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releases, and to concentrate on the packages themselves.
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This is the 43rd quarterly release of pkgsrc.
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Changes to pkgsrc
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=================
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Ryosuke Moro has greatly improved on our haskell package support.
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Many pkgsrc developers and contributors have all all helped with PR
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submissions, fixes and bug reports.
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By default, pkgsrc now installs fonts into share/fonts/X11 (instead of
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lib/X11/fonts, which was for historical reasons). There should be no
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visible change to most users, except if the fontpath has been changed.
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In addition, PostgreSQL 9.3 has now been made the default version, and
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Lua multi-version support has been added.
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Package Additions
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=================
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python-3.4 and elasticsearch were added to pkgsrc, as well as python,
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perl and ruby wrappers for many libraries.
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Package Removals
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We actively manage the packages in pkgsrc, and delete ones that are
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not necessary. We said goodbye to Berkeley db-4.6, Xen 2.0 and Apache
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versions 1.3 and 2.0.
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Pkgsrc-security
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===============
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One neat feature of pkgsrc is its ability to sort package versions
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based on the version numbers. It's used in audit-packages, to report
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on any installed packages which may have security vulnerabilities in
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them. pkgsrc-security@pkgsrc.org maintains lists of vulnerable
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packages, along with reference URLs relating to the exposure. We
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thank the whole pkgsrc-security team for their hard work. Sample
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output from audit-packages is shown below:
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% audit-packages
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Package python27-2.7.7nb1 has a directory-traversal vulnerability, see http://bugs.python.org/issue21766
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Getting pkgsrc
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==============
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More information can be found in
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http://www.netbsd.org/docs/pkgsrc/getting.html
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tar files for pkgsrc, along with checksums, can be found at
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http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/pkgsrc-2014Q2/
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and anonymous cvs can be used:
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cvs -z3 -q -d anoncvs@anoncvs.NetBSD.org:/cvsroot checkout -r
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pkgsrc-2014Q2 -P pkgsrc
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or by pulling from the git mirrors at:
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https://github.com/jsonn/pkgsrc
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https://github.com/joyent/pkgsrc
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About pkgsrc
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============
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pkgsrc is a cross-platform packaging system. It allows people to
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download sources and to build and install binary packages on one or
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more platforms.
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Building packages from source is useful for a number of reasons:
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+ not only is the provenance of source code checked (by using multiple
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checksums), with pkgsrc, the version of source code you are working
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with is the same that other developers and users have.
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+ package builders can choose to customise their own installations by
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means of the option framework. pre-built packages from other builders
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may not have specified the same options.
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+ patches are maintained in a central repository, and, again, are
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checked at patch application time by using digests. The patches
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which are applied to the sources being built are the same ones which
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are known to be used and proved by other pkgsrc users (not necessarily
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on the same platform).
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+ by building from source, all doubts about compilers, build practices,
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source code cleanliness, and packaging differences are removed.
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Digital signatures of binary packages, while useful in themselves,
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only prove certain aspects of binary package provenance. (pkgsrc has
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had signed packages since 2001.)
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+ it may be difficult or impossible to find a pre-built package for
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the operating system or architecture.
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+ a pre-built package may have further or conflicting pre-requisites,
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which are themselves difficult to find or build. By building everything,
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including pre-requisites, a from-source packaging system can ensure
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that pre-requisites are present and integrated.
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At the present time, pkgsrc supports 22 platforms:
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AIX
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BSDOS
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Cygwin
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Darwin/Mac OS X
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DragonFly
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FreeBSD
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FreeMiNT
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GNU/kFreeBSD
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HPUX
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Haiku
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IRIX
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Interix/SFU/SUA
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Linux
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Minix3
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MirBSD
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NetBSD
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OSF1
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OpenBSD
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QNX
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SCO OpenServer
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Solaris/illumos
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UnixWare
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Complete dependency and pre-requisite package information is held and
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used by the package management software - if packages rely on other
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packages to function properly, that pre-requisite will be built,
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installed and managed as part of the package installation process.
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Binary packages can be managed using pkgin.
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Alistair Crooks
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On behalf of the pkgsrc developers
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Tue Jul 1 08:29:47 PDT 2014
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