Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 20:16:01 +0000 (UTC) From: Bryan Drewery <bdrewery@FreeBSD.org> To: ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r321901 - head Message-ID: <201306272016.r5RKG1Wa065039@svn.freebsd.org>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Author: bdrewery Date: Thu Jun 27 20:16:01 2013 New Revision: 321901 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/321901 Log: Add note on portmaster+pkgng changes Modified: head/UPDATING Modified: head/UPDATING ============================================================================== --- head/UPDATING Thu Jun 27 18:39:23 2013 (r321900) +++ head/UPDATING Thu Jun 27 20:16:01 2013 (r321901) @@ -6,6 +6,30 @@ You should get into the habit of checkin you update your ports collection, before attempting any port upgrades. 20130627: + AFFECTS: users of ports-mgmt/portmaster + AUTHOR: bdrewery@FreeBSD.org + + Since June 22nd, portmaster no longer relies on 'WITH_PKGNG' to be defined, + or ports to be checked out to enable pkgng support. + + It now considers whether or not pkg is installed and registered with itself. + + I.e., if this returns data, pkgng is considered in use: + + # pkg info pkg + + It's possible that you may have tested pkgng in the past, ran pkg2ng, and + never fully committed to it by setting WITH_PKGNG. If this is the case, + uninstall pkg with pkg_info/pkg_delete and also remove the stale database, + rm /var/db/pkg/local.sqlite. + + This could manifest itself as portmaster -L showing the wrong versions, or + portmaster no longer detecting installed packages correctly. + + Note that PORTS still require WITH_PKGNG=yes in make.conf if you are not + running CURRENT. + +20130627: AFFECTS: users of net/samba36 AUTHOR: timur@FreeBSD.org
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?201306272016.r5RKG1Wa065039>