[NEW PORT] ports-mgmt/pkg - smart tool for managing FreeBSD ports

[Andy Kosela]

Hi all,

I would like to present to you the new utility to deal with the ports
system. The main goal of this project is to provide one common tool
for managing ports and packages instead of relying on many
applications (pkg_add, pkg_delete, pkg_info, pkg_version etc.).
Actually it is a smart wrapper written in /bin/sh to the previously
mentioned applications. It also uses external tool portmaster written
also in /bin/sh by Doug Barton to work with the ports compiled from
source. Pkg tool automates upgrading installed packages, outputs
valuable information about packages/ports and overall simplifies
working with the FreeBSD Ports Collection. It uses no external
databases like portupgrade, just simplicity and minimalism are its
main goals.

You can test the latest version by installing the package from here
http://home.si.rr.com/pyn/pf/pkg-1.1.tbz

I commited pkg-1.0 with send-pr to the ports tree a few days ago. It
is awaiting approval...
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=ports/112572

Feel free to send any suggestions, new ideas and of course bug
reports...
Thank you,

Andy Kosela
Pythagoras Foundation