bogus warning from pkg
Steve Kargl
sgk at troutmask.apl.washington.edu
Mon Feb 15 21:01:54 UTC 2021
On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 08:56:51PM +0000, RW via freebsd-ports wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Feb 2021 12:39:13 -0800
> Steve Kargl wrote:
>
>
> > BTW, there is no documentation as what 'pkg bootstrap -f'
> > does. In particular, the -f option is no described.
> >
> >From pkg(8) (in 12.2):
>
> bootstrap
> This is for compatibility with the pkg(7) bootstrapper.
> If pkg is already installed, nothing is done.
>
> If invoked with the -f flag an attempt will be made to
> reinstall pkg from remote repository.
>
>
> >From pkg(7)
>
> pkg bootstrap [-f]
> Attempt to bootstrap and do not forward anything to
> pkg(8) after it is installed. If the -f flag is
> specified, then pkg(8) will be fetched and installed
> regardless if it is already installed.
I was looking for 'man pkg-bootstrap' like 'man pkg-info' or other
pkg commands.
--
Steve
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