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Date:      Sun, 28 Oct 2012 09:16:08 +0200
From:      Alexander Kapshuk <alexander.kapshuk@gmail.com>
To:        Bryan Drewery <bdrewery@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Portupgrade now supports pkgng [/usr/ports/UPDATING]
Message-ID:  <508CDBB8.3010001@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <508C839C.5090209@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <508C2668.4010006@gmail.com> <508C839C.5090209@FreeBSD.org>

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On 10/28/2012 03:00 AM, Bryan Drewery wrote:
> PKGNG is a replacement for the pkg_* tools that record package data in
> /var/db/pkg.
>
> It also allows for binary package upgrades.
>
> If you are wanting to use pkgng for binary packages, there's no need to
> use portupgrade anymore. Just 'pkg install name', 'pkg upgrade', etc.
>    
Understood. Thanks.

For some reason I thought I could use the PKGNG tool set together with 
portupgrade the same way the pkg_* tools are used.

Is there a straightforward way to go back to using the pkg_* tools in 9.1?

Thanks.




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