Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 16:02:51 -0700 From: Chris Maness <chris@chrismaness.com> To: Matthew Seaman <matthew@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Port Changes FAQ Message-ID: <CANnsUMGhivcwKGpvwxGANVV15%2BW0eTHOwxDsPwM4D7MCajXw2A@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <539FD726.50907@FreeBSD.org> References: <CANnsUMGxkDTxVnD_dq5L2SfXtppbYzJsB08kYm1h0zpFkkYMGQ@mail.gmail.com> <20140615022626.7111be2c.freebsd@edvax.de> <20140615100636.GB23568@slackbox.erewhon.home> <CANnsUMFNoueDmhhCOi%2BMwj39-L5oLCgqfBdD=HEm05s2xE9yJQ@mail.gmail.com> <539DCF00.2030601@FreeBSD.org> <CANnsUMEZ8Lfrd%2BdV2kPVJ0T%2BL8vnE8buNmcujq1sFb5AUP=sGA@mail.gmail.com> <CANnsUME%2BLwfg%2B3eetnZ58qnpP08in3K0Leu_ZjNzw4cgDeFeMg@mail.gmail.com> <539FD726.50907@FreeBSD.org>
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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? Thanks, Chris On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 10:50 PM, Matthew Seaman <matthew@freebsd.org> wrote: > On 16/06/2014 22:05, Chris Maness wrote: >> What version of FreeBSD implements the now pkg (8)? > > pkg(8) works on all supported version of FreeBSD -- basically anywhere > that the ports tree works. It would probably work on earlier versions, > but that hasn't been well tested. Basically, if you have /usr/sbin/pkg > on your system (which is the shim that pulls in the real pkg(8)) then > you're good to go. > > pkg(8) is default in 10.0 and will be default in all releases to come on > all branches from now on. Given that the declared EoL of the old > pkg_tools is due in September there's only one more release (9.3) that > could possibly not have pkg(8) as default: however, my understanding is > that there are no plans to provide any old-style packages with that release. > > Cheers, > > Matthew > > -- > Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. > PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey > >
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