Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 20:56:39 -0500 From: Chuck Burns <break19@gmail.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [HEADSUP] pkg(8) is now the only package management tool Message-ID: <vLq8ACNNWRteH2tn3FvcDK09XwHc6itV@keyhole.local> In-Reply-To: <540522A3.9050506@sorbs.net> References: <20140901195520.GB77917@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> <CAOFF%2BZ1MOr9-rYbwHYWqBKjMvRPwUnew4jThEoJ_WkoTmwyNsQ@mail.gmail.com> <540522A3.9050506@sorbs.net>
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On Tuesday, September 02, 2014 3:51:31 AM Michelle Sullivan wrote: > 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.... Why and how would someone delete a file off a running 9.2 system? New releases already use pkg. The first time you attempt to use pkg on a pkg-enabled release, it prompts you to download ports-mgmt/pkg and manually installs it. It's called "bootstrapping" This is not an issue here. Try it for yourself. -- Chuck Burns Audemus Jura Nostra Defendere
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