From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 20 04:39:16 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 07434CB9 for ; Fri, 20 Jun 2014 04:39:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx02.qsc.de (mx02.qsc.de [213.148.130.14]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B97FF2128 for ; Fri, 20 Jun 2014 04:39:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-64-166.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.64.166]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx02.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 024E724EF4; Fri, 20 Jun 2014 06:39:11 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id s5K4dAwN001977; Fri, 20 Jun 2014 06:39:11 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 06:39:10 +0200 From: Polytropon To: Chris Maness Subject: Re: Port Changes FAQ Message-Id: <20140620063910.188f6960.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: References: <20140615022626.7111be2c.freebsd@edvax.de> <20140615100636.GB23568@slackbox.erewhon.home> <539DCF00.2030601@FreeBSD.org> <539FD726.50907@FreeBSD.org> Reply-To: Polytropon Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 04:39:16 -0000 On Thu, 19 Jun 2014 16:02:51 -0700, Chris Maness wrote: > If install a port by the old fashioned diving into the ports tree, and > #make install clean, will it be registered in the database that pkg > (8) reads? Yes. All port management tools are able to use pkg instead of pkg_* means after performing the transition to the new system (or starting with it). So for example, if you use portmaster or portupgrade to install a port, it will work as well. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...