grahamperrin

I don’t attempt to keep track of either system, but both of them came up in a recent discussion about 32-bit security updates:

• https://old.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1dt9lh7/-/lbox9wx/

ELECTRON_SKIP_BINARY_DOWNLOAD

Thanks to aiz.wallenstein in FreeBSD Discord at https://discord.com/channels/727023752348434432/1255742756375101500/1256750137582293062 (in response to a failed npm audit fix for a different software title):

% setenv ELECTRON_SKIP_BINARY_DOWNLOAD 1
% npm install
npm warn deprecated electron-osx-sign@0.6.0: Please use @electron/osx-sign moving forward. Be aware the API is slightly different

added 604 packages, and audited 605 packages in 1m

70 packages are looking for funding
  run `npm fund` for details

19 vulnerabilities (6 moderate, 8 high, 5 critical)

To address issues that do not require attention, run:
  npm audit fix

To address all issues possible (including breaking changes), run:
  npm audit fix --force

Some issues need review, and may require choosing
a different dependency.

Run `npm audit` for details.
% npm audit fix

added 4 packages, removed 1 package, changed 9 packages, and audited 608 packages in 22s

70 packages are looking for funding
  run `npm fund` for details

# npm audit report

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I haven’t tuned in (to the video) but CultBSD was very memorable.

At https://www.freebsdmall.com/cgi-bin/fm/bsddvd14.1:

… How to install packages from the disc: …

Plus, there’s a simpler, three-step routine if using the medium (not necessarily a disc) after installation of the OS – before exiting the installer.

1. In the Manual Configuration dialogue, choose Yes
2. /bin/csh
3. setenv REPOS_DIR /dist/packages/repos

– then use pkg commands as normal.

You’ll have the DVD repo alone – with an archaic name, FreeBSD_install_cdrom – none of the online repos. This offline repo includes things such as graphics/drm-515-kmod, but not things such as x11/nvidia-driver. We can’t have everything offline in this way, DVD image space is constrained.

When you want no more from the offline DVD repo:

• exit

– then, if an Internet connection was gained during installation, online repos will be available.