Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2014 12:25:14 -0700 From: Jim Pazarena <fports@paz.bz> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg 2 ng conversion Message-ID: <5394B89A.4040607@paz.bz>
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On 2014-06-08 10:55 AM, Warren Block wrote: > On Sun, 8 Jun 2014, Jim Pazarena wrote: > > > No. pkg is just a package manager. It does not replace ports, it just > handles packages. Like the old package manager, binary packages can be > downloaded and installed rather than ports, but the choice is yours. Ahh.. therein lies the confusion. I have been compiling ports for many years. However the compilations began nagging about converting pkg2ng. So I investigated, and set the appropriate "WITH_PKGNG=yes" and ran pkg2ng. But I never use packages. I always compile from ports. So the warning appearing in each and every compile was & is very misleading. Unless I am *still* confused !!
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