Questions from a Linux refugee

[Matthew Seaman]

On 01/07/15 12:51, Ben Woods wrote:
>> "make missing | pkg install" to get the dependencies
> 
> This command doesn't work for me with pkgng 1.4.4 (I don't think the pipe
> to pkg works):
> 
> # make missing | pkg install
> Usage: pkg install [-AfInFMqRUy] [-r reponame] [-Cgix] <pkg-name> ...
> For more information see 'pkg help install'.

Try:

# make missing | xargs pkg install

pkg(8) doesn't read package names etc. from stdin in general -- the one
exception is pkg-annotate(8).  So use xargs to turn that pipeline into a
command line.

	Cheers,

	Matthew









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