misc/185763: pkg should fail if no category is specified for the package

Wojciech A. Koszek wkoszek at FreeBSD.org
Tue Jan 14 03:40:00 UTC 2014


>Number:         185763
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       pkg should fail if no category is specified for the package
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
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>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Jan 14 03:40:00 UTC 2014
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Wojciech A. Koszek
>Release:        10-RC5
>Organization:
FreeBSD
>Environment:
>Description:
I'm trying our FreeBSD 10-RC5.

Upon system installation my 1st step was to install Subversion, since I want to fetch the most up-to-date src/ and recompile the system.

I did:

pkg_bootstrap
pkg2ng
pkg install subversion

pkg warned me there are many conflicts. I think it's because many packages of the same type but different version were matched:

	Installing subversion: 1.7.14
	Installing subversion: 1.6.23_2

I think this is confusing for new FreeBSD. We could either offer a help, or just fail (exit unless / is present in the package name) and have users Google the answer.
>How-To-Repeat:
pkg install subversion
>Fix:


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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