portmaster WITH_PKGNG and cpan

Matthew Seaman matthew at freebsd.org
Thu Jul 18 12:46:42 UTC 2013


On 18/07/2013 11:16, Marko Cupać wrote:
> Portmaster WITH_PKGNG is causing me trouble on a server where I need cpan module not present in ports tree:
> 
> bsdpan-RT-Extension-MandatoryOnTransition-0.04
> 
> portmaster -a -f -d fails.
> 
> Is there a solution for this?


The bsdpan code assumes the old pkg_tools layout for registering
packages.  It could do with pkgng'ifying.

This shouldn't stop you being able to install packages directly from
CPAN though -- they just won't be registered into pkg's database.

	Cheers,

	Matthew



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