Question: /usr/sbin/pkg vs /usr/local/sbin/pkg in 9.1

Dimitry Andric dim at FreeBSD.org
Thu Dec 27 10:38:41 UTC 2012


On 2012-12-27 11:35, David Demelier wrote:
> On 27/12/2012 11:02, Matthew Seaman wrote:
...
>> pkgng is not in base and there are no plans to import it.  If you are
>> going to use pkgng then you need to install it, either from ports or by
>> using the /usr/sbin/pkg shim to install from a pkgng package.
> Why there is no plan to import it?

Because pkgng is developed independently from the base system.  As soon
as you put a copy of it in base, it is no longer independent. :-)


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