[HEADSUP] pkg(8) is now the only package management tool

Michelle Sullivan michelle at sorbs.net
Sun Sep 21 23:53:53 UTC 2014


Michelle Sullivan wrote:
> Baptiste Daroussin wrote:
>   
>> Hi all,
>>
>> The ports tree has been modified to only support pkg(8) as package management
>> system for all supported version of FreeBSD.
>>
>> if you were still using pkg_install (pkg_* tools) you will have to upgrade your
>> system.
>>
>> The simplest way is
>> cd /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/pkg
>> make install
>> then run 
>> pkg2ng
>>
>>     

So despite being told 'use the quarterly, patches can be applied to it
if requested' and updating ports I maintain asking specifically for the
patches to be merged...

Still all broken (though patches applied to HEAD)...  Nice one...

-- 
Michelle Sullivan
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