pkgng abilities (was: pkgng vs. portupgrade reporting ports outdated)

Robert Huff roberthuff at rcn.com
Sat Apr 5 11:55:52 UTC 2014


Matthew Seaman <matthew at FreeBSD.org> writes:

 >  pkg(8) does a damn sight more than the old pkg_tools.

	Granted, though much of it I currently have little use for.  :-)

 >> "pkgng" can do almost everything the old system can, and does it
 >> better.>
 >
 >   s/almost//

	OK, Obi-wan - what's the replacement for:

	a) "portsclean" with the C, D (single and double), and L
		options?  (Use no more than two commands.)
	b) "pkg_sort" ?

	With these, I will cheerfully delete portupgrade.


				Robert Huff



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