Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2014 23:12:33 +0400 From: Boris Samorodov <bsam@passap.ru> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: User and vendor packages (for pkg_* tools) Message-ID: <542C5221.4060407@passap.ru> In-Reply-To: <542C1CD8.4030907@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <542BF06B.1070603@passap.ru> <1412166837.1994524.173874785.5FEDC463@webmail.messagingengine.com> <542C1CD8.4030907@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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01.10.2014 19:25, Matthew Seaman пишет: > On 10/01/14 13:33, Mark Felder wrote: >> On Wed, Oct 1, 2014, at 07:15, Boris Samorodov wrote: >>>> Hi All, >>>> >>>> A user has License to use an App and uses pkgng. The vendor has >>>> only packages for pkg_* tools. >>>> >>>> What the user should do? Is there a tool to convert old packages to >>>> new format? >>>> >> There is no such tool. You would have to manually convert it to the new >> package format by making a port for it. I think a skeleton port that >> asked the user a few questions could do this automatically. I will >> consider taking a stab at this, but I will have to locate an example to >> test with. > > Actually there kind-of is such a tool. pkg-convert(8) > > It's not ideal, in that you have to install the old-style package > *before* converting it. Cool. Thanks! > Making pkg-convert able to read either old- or > new- style package tarballs and output to the alternate format tarball > would be an interesting project. Agreed. > Nagging the vendor to produce new style packages likely to be more > productive in the long run. Unfortunately, it may be a very long way for a vendor. -- WBR, Boris Samorodov (bsam) FreeBSD Committer, http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve
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