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Date:      Sun, 25 May 2014 11:46:33 +0200
From:      Michael Gmelin <freebsd@grem.de>
To:        Matthew Seaman <matthew@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Richard Kuhns <rjk@wintek.com>, "freebsd-ports@freebsd.org" <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Net-SNMP conflict
Message-ID:  <20140525114633.34580c06@bsd64.grem.de>
In-Reply-To: <537B9B14.5060001@FreeBSD.org>
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On Tue, 20 May 2014 19:12:36 +0100
Matthew Seaman <matthew@FreeBSD.org> wrote:

> On 20/05/2014 18:34, Richard Kuhns wrote:
> > So doesn't that mean that the net-snmp port is doing things wrong?
> > If pkg *isn't* installed it's pretty safe to say that net-snmpd is
> > not going to be able to use pkg(8) to extract the the list of
> > installed packages even after listing it as a dependency &
> > therefore installing it, right?
> >=20
> > Just trying to get clear on what's going on...
>=20
> Yes.  net-snmpd assumes you're using pkg(8).  If you're going to stick
> with old pkg_tools, then you're also going to have to stick with old
> net-snmpd.
>=20
> Of you could just, you know, step into the modern age, become one with
> the zeitgeist and switch to pkgng.  Don't dither too long though --
> you've only got until September before the question becomes academic,
> as that's when pkg_tools is being EoL'd.
>=20

September is a pretty tough deadline to meet for larger installations,
it's, you know, a lot of work. Ports should actually function with the
old pkg_tools until then - otherwise why bother setting a deadline at
all. As of today, net-snmpd should be considered BROKEN.

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Michael Gmelin

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