@meluzzy It does not contain the actual source code for the packages themselves, but yes it is a collection of recipes for how to build software, handling all sorts of things like dependencies and strict verification.
You can of course use it to build software from source on pretty much any POSIX system, but most users will just use a binary package repository such as the ones provided by NetBSD themselves, or mine from https://pkgsrc.smartos.org for a bunch of other operating systems.
I have been using #NetBSD lately and I don't really think I get how or what pkgsrc is.
Is it like a CVS repo that has a bunch of packages source code that you can just bmake? it has a lot of categories like www, graphics, games... For example www/firefox I assume it has the source code for Firefox and if you run bmake in that dir it compiles it? that's it right? It's just that I have seen guides where it seemed like #pkgsrc was used as a command instead of a repo.
Hey Microsoft Outlook!
I'm running latest Mozilla Firefox ESR, 140.5.0 on NetBSD... that was released a couple of days ago!
I would not call it a legacy browser!
#SmartOS #pkgsrc binary #repository have been updated!
If you use any #pkgsrc based #Illumos #zone you can update now:
https://pkgsrc.smartos.org/packages/SmartOS/trunk/x86_64/All/
I've also published an new 20251114 bootstrap kit. This isn't necessary if you already have an install (the steps above will get you past the problem without it), but means new users will not run into the issue.
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT for anyone using my macOS package repository from https://pkgsrc.smartos.org/install-on-macos/
There's a subtle upgrade scenario I didn't test correctly, and your next upgrade will fail due to PGP key bootstrap issues.
To fix:
$ pkgin -d upgrade
$ t=$(mktemp -d); cd $t
$ ar x /var/db/pkgin/cache/pkg_install-20250417.tgz
$ pkg_add -C /dev/null -U pkg_install-20250417.tmp.tgz
$ pkgin upgrade
Once you're past that everything should be fine. Really sorry for the inconvenience.
Last weekend I have been to Google Summer of Code Mentor Summit as an org mentor for The NetBSD Foundation!
It has been a fantastic experience and I have just shared some travel notes: https://blog.NetBSD.org/tnf/entry/gsoc2025_mentor_summit
SmartOS: Stock "mkvtoolnix" crashes on 2023.4.0 with locale error
"Something this critical should come with base-OS."
(user missing the point of #PkgSrc )
EuroBSDCon 2025 in Zagreb, Croatia was great!
At NetBSD devsummit I have presented «Running Docker (and more) in NetBSD via Lima». Lima (<https://lima-vm.io/>) permits to run Linux virtual machines (as guests) - with port forwarding and volumes sharing - and I have showed how NetBSD is supported and works as host!
Slides available at <https://www.NetBSD.org/gallery/presentations/leot/eurobsdcon2025-devsummit-lima/lima.pdf>.
I have now also imported Lima in pkgsrc as sysutils/lima.
acme-client(1) now available on pkgsrc.
https://mail-index.netbsd.org/pkgsrc-changes/2025/10/20/msg332440.html
How to pin a "pkgin" package, what is the right way to deploy my own packages?
I don't need many fingers to count Linux distributions that still support armv6 (e.g. first raspberry Pie). I need even less fingers to count armv6 supporting distributions that still have ports/packages for any useful web browser.
Am currently counting 3. @alpinelinux @debian @gentoo
For the *BSDs I count maybe 1. Have not checked whether epiphany is compilable on @netbsd #pkgsrc. There is no binary package for earmv6hf.
I've updated my binary package repository for PowerPC Mac OS X. New and updated packages for curl, git, python 3.10, apache, nginx, openssh, rsync, yt-dlp, vim, zsh, tmux, and many more.
