Do I want to switch to the new pkg(8) format?

Warren Block wblock at wonkity.com
Fri Dec 26 18:01:06 UTC 2014


On Fri, 26 Dec 2014, Bigby James wrote:

> On 12/26, Chris Stankevitz wrote:
>> Can you guys help me answer these questions:
>>
>> 1. Do I want to switch to the new pkg(8) format?
>>
>> 2. If yes, have I already done so?
>
> That message is only for folks upgrading a pre-10.0 installation. If you
> installed 10.0 or later, any binary packages you install will use the new
> format.

As will ports.  pkg is not just for binary packages, it is a package 
management system and ports use it also.


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