Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2014 03:51:31 +0200 From: Michelle Sullivan <michelle@sorbs.net> To: "Sam Fourman Jr." <sfourman@gmail.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org, pkg@freebsd.org, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org>, stable@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Current <current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [HEADSUP] pkg(8) is now the only package management tool Message-ID: <540522A3.9050506@sorbs.net> In-Reply-To: <CAOFF%2BZ1MOr9-rYbwHYWqBKjMvRPwUnew4jThEoJ_WkoTmwyNsQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <20140901195520.GB77917@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> <54050D07.4010404@sorbs.net> <CAOFF%2BZ1MOr9-rYbwHYWqBKjMvRPwUnew4jThEoJ_WkoTmwyNsQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Sam Fourman Jr. wrote: >> And for the portsnap users? >> >> >> > In short, this change doesn't directly effect portsnap users. > Sure about that? > Portsnap is a tool that used to obtain a copy of the ports tree. > try this: portsnap fetch update && cd /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/pkg && make install If you *haven't* install pkg first... > Portsnap is only one way, another way to get a copy of the ports tree is by > using subversion and checking it out by using the svn command. > Not much good if you haven't installed svn already... > pkg(8) is a package management tool, and to make use of most packages > having a copy of the ports tree is not required. > > Correct, take a 9.2 install disk, install it, portsnap and then install pkg on it... Oh wait, you can't.. pkg_install is broken, and 9.2 install disks don't have pkg in the BaseOS.... -- Michelle Sullivan http://www.mhix.org/
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