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Using FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE. I want to use the latest binary packages rather than the packages at the time of the 8.2 release. That is, I want to use packages in ftp://ftp2.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-8-stable/All/ rather than ftp://ftp2.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-8.2-release/All/.

I'm not interested in compiling a bunch of stuff so I don't want to simply upgrade ports and then be forced to compile everything. For compiling small things it's ok, but I don't want to wait hours to get some of the bigger programs.

How can I get my system to use the stable binary packages (and upgrade ports so everything is in sync)?

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http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/packages-using.html

"If you want to force pkg_add(1) to download FreeBSD 8-STABLE packages, set PACKAGESITE to ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-8-stable/Latest/."

Note that you will eventually get some brokenness unless you also track STABLE in your base installation.

Ports must be updated separately via, say, portsnap fetch && portsnap update.

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Long time since I've used FreeBSD, but it looks like you mean pkg_add -r <package>?

As far as I can tell, pkg_add is defaulting to a URL based on uname -r.

So perhaps you should upgrade the base system using the instructions in the handbook (e.g. Rebuilding "world".

Or maybe the PACKAGESITE, PACKAGEROOT, and PKG_ADD_BASE environment variables can help?

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  • basically I mean if possible, getting my 8.2-RELEASE system to use 8-STABLE pacakages (yes using pkg_add -r). But also I want my ports upgraded to stable so I can compile if I want to and all versions match. Commented Apr 9, 2011 at 17:22

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