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We hope the contents will be a +bit less static now and keep you better informed about changes in +pkgsrc. + +Lots of works was done this quarter on DragonFly and SmartOS (Illumos). +DragonFly at last count now boasts 11538 binary packages, while the +latest public bulk build by Joyent reported 9584 binary packages. +Impressive numbers -- congratulations! + +Numbers of Packages +=================== + +In pkgsrc, there are: + +12014 total packages +11618 binary packages built with gcc for NetBSD-current/amd64 +11374 binary packages built with clang for NetBSD-current/amd64 +10875 pkgsrc entries + +135 packages have been added this quarter +95 packages have been removed this quarter +Around 1280 packages have been updated this quarter + +These numbers may not compare exactly to other (binary) packaging +systems; some packaging systems split large packages like boost up +into multiple packages, while others keep unused and unbuildable +packages. + +Compiler Support +================ + +As well as using gcc to compile packages, Joerg Sonnenberger has put +much effort into building packages with clang. At the present time, +11374 packages can be built using clang. + +Package Additions +================= + +Symbola-ttf, TextFonts-ttf, abcl, apollo, atf-libs, choqok, coilmq, +dc-tools, delta, dhbitty, eliom, eog3, fdm, filebench, foo2zjs, +freeDiameter, gcc-aux, gcc47-libs, gedit3, gedit3-spell, +gnome-desktop3, grub2, gsettings-desktop-schemas, gtksourceview3, +holtz, iana-etc, irssi-xmpp, js_of_ocaml, konoha, kyua-atf-compat, +libktorrent, libopus, libpeas, mcollective, mksandbox, +modular-xorg-protos, mosh, ocaml-bz2, ocaml-curl, +ocaml-deriving-ocsigen, openafs, openxenmanager, opus-tools, about 45 +perl modules, plink, 11 python modules, qoauth, 6 ruby modules, shtk, +since, sourcesans-fonts, sysbuild, sysbuild-user, sysupgrade, +tcl-tDOM, 9 texlive modular packages, virt-manager, virtinst, vte029, +wargames, wgetpaste, xcb-util-image, xcb-util-keysyms, +xcb-util-renderutil, xcb-util-wm, xcb-util036, xdvipdfmx, zsync + +Package Removals +================ + +ArX, asterisk-sounds-extra, asterisk16, centericq, gcc3-java, +jitterbug, the merb package, obconf, ruby-psych, ruby19, scim-bridge, +simian, simian-docs, sope, the suse113 emulation packages, tcl-tclX, +thy, tk-expect, tk-tclX + +For the next branch, we plan removing samba30; samba33 is scheduled +for removal for 2013Q2. + +This is also the last branch to contain python25 (it was EOL'd about a +year ago). + +Other packages scheduled for removal are: +databases/sqlsharpgtk +devel/stlport +textproc/p5-PDF-API2-Simple +misc/p5-Locale-Maketext +lang/pnet* +lang/gcc3-ada +lang/gcc34-ada + +Pkgsrc-security +=============== +One neat feature of pkgsrc is its ability to sort package versions +based on the version numbers. It's used in audit-packages, to report +on any installed packages which may have security vulnerabilities in +them. pkgsrc-security@pkgsrc.org maintains lists of vulnerable +packages, along with reference URLs relating to the exposure. We +thank OBATA Akio, Daniel Horecki, Guillaume Lasmayous, and Tim +Zingelman for their hard work. Sample output from audit-packages is +shown below: + +% audit-packages +Package openjpeg-1.5.0nb1 has a arbitrary-code-execution vulnerability, see +http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-3535 +% + +Package of the Quarter +====================== +Jorg Sonnenberger suggested clang, for making development fun again. +Alistair Crooks suggested ikiwiki, in honor of the new pkgsrc.org website. + +Getting pkgsrc +============== +While more information can be found in + http://www.netbsd.org/docs/pkgsrc/getting.html + +tar files for pkgsrc, along with checksums, can be found at + http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/pkgsrc-2012Q3/ + +and anonymous cvs can be used: + cvs -z3 -q -d anoncvs@anoncvs.NetBSD.org:/cvsroot checkout -r pkgsrc-2012Q3 -P pkgsrc + +About pkgsrc +============ +pkgsrc is a cross-platform packaging system. It allows people to +download source, and to build and install binary packages on one or +more platforms. + +Building packages from source is useful for a number of reasons: + ++ not only is the provenance of source code checked (by using multiple +checksums), with pkgsrc, the version of source code you are working +with is the same that other developers and users have. + ++ patches are maintained in a central repository, and, again, are +checked at patch application time by using digests. The patches +which are applied to the sources being built are the same ones which +are known to be used and proved by other pkgsrc users (not necessarily +on the same platform) + ++ by building from source, all doubts about compilers, build practices +source code cleanliness, and packaging differences are removed. +Digital signatures of binary packages, while useful in themselves, +only prove certain aspects of binary package provenance. (pkgsrc has +had signed packages since 2001). + ++ it may be difficult or impossible to find a pre-built package for +the operating system or architecture + ++ a pre-built package may have further or conflicting pre-requisites, +which are themselves difficult to find or build. By building everything, +including pre-requisites, a from-source packaging system can ensure +that pre-requisites are present and integrated + +At the present time, pkgsrc supports 19 platforms + + AIX + BSDOS + Darwin/Mac OS X + DragonFly + FreeBSD + FreeMiNT + HPUX + Haiku + IRIX + Interix/SFU/SUA + Linux + Minix3 + MirBSD + NetBSD + OSF1 + OpenBSD + QNX + Solaris/Illumos + UnixWare + +Complete dependency and pre-requisite package information is held and +used by the package management software - if packages rely on other +packages to function properly, that pre-requisite will be built, +installed and managed as part of the package installation process. +Binary packages can be managed using pkgin. + +Thomas Klausner +On behalf of the pkgsrc developers +Mon Oct 1 09:58:15 CEST 2012 |