Subject: Re: pkg_chk that does not need pkgsrc
To: None <tech-pkg@NetBSD.org>
From: Jeremy C. Reed <reed@reedmedia.net>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 01/28/2005 11:47:32
On Fri, 28 Jan 2005, Hubert Feyrer wrote:

> On Fri, 28 Jan 2005, David Brownlee wrote:
> > 	I've updated pkg_chk not not need pkgsrc when used with -b, so
> > 	you can copy a set of binary packages, pkg_chk, and pkgchk.conf
> > 	to a remote machine and run it there.
> >
> > 	I wondered if anyone would like to have a look/test?
>
> Can it be made to not require downloading the binaries before it's decided
> which ones are needed? Like, "look, there's a bunch of binary pkgs from
> the latest bulk build on ftp.NetBSD.org, update!".
>
> First downloading some 5GB of pkgs if you don't need them is ... yuck. :)

Maybe take advantage of
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/reed/pkgsrc-available-NetBSD-2.0-i386.bz2
?? (It is 945572 bytes.)

 Jeremy C. Reed

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