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• Installing packages without an internet connection?

  It seems according to pkgsrc.org that pkgin might follow the PKG_PATH environment variable. You're supposed to set PKG_PATH="http://cdn.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/$(uname -p)/$(uname -r|cut -f '1 2' -d.)/All/", and according to uname(1), -p gives the processor architecture and -r gives the operating system [kernel] release. Source: about 1 year ago

• pkgsrc.se is no more :(

  It seems like pkgsrc.org hasn’t got the news yet. Source: about 1 year ago

• Slackware 15.0

  I still have a Slackware install that runs some really old stuff I have. I remember working at AN ISP in the 90s and slack was are secure distro. All the important stuff (authentication, configs, etc.) were stored and served from our 'slack pool'. Funny part is now I do a very basic Slackware install that setup pkgsrc (https://pkgsrc.org) on it so I can really experience the best and worst of times! - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago

• Cross-platform package management: Comprehensive comparison of Pkgsrc and Ravenports article published

  Today the second article on cross-platform package management has been published. It features a short description of what Pkgsrc and Ravenports are and a longer part on how they compare. The test environment and procedure is covered and of course the results are presented. At the end a conclusion is drawn. Source: over 2 years ago

• First article on cross-platform package management published

  The second one will contain the results of our two months evaluation of Pkgsrc on multiple platforms and a comparison with Ravenports. Source: over 2 years ago

• Ask HN: Best Alternative to Homebrew in 2021?

  Maybe [1] https://pkgsrc.org/ ? Check [2] https://pkgsrc.se/ before, to see if the availability and the'freshness' of packages fits your needs. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

• NetBSD 9.2 Announced

  > a powerful and versatile package manager (https://pkgsrc.org/) That's multi-platform as well. If you want/need the same packages on Linux, macOS, other, then you can use the same code on all of those platforms. No needs to worry about using {Homebrew, Macports} on your Mac and {Deb, RPM} on your Linux infrastructure. - Source: Hacker News / almost 3 years ago

• NetBSD 9.2 Announced

  Security and hardening features enabled by default, a powerful and versatile package manager (https://pkgsrc.org/), very good support for ARM (all 'mainline', etc). - Source: Hacker News / almost 3 years ago