From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 16 20:58:34 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0817BAE6 for ; Tue, 16 Sep 2014 20:58:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fly.hiwaay.net (fly.hiwaay.net [216.180.54.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C5602B8E for ; Tue, 16 Sep 2014 20:58:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from kabini1.local (rbn1-216-180-76-123.adsl.hiwaay.net [216.180.76.123]) (authenticated bits=0) by fly.hiwaay.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/fly) with ESMTP id s8GKwVLE014299 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 16 Sep 2014 15:58:31 -0500 Message-ID: <5418A5EE.1030304@hiwaay.net> Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 16:04:46 -0500 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A lot of pkg problems References: <2509308.9rytrV7MvD@penguin> <5411A89B.4010707@gmail.com> <1812950.bWcWxrzvJI@penguin> <54189CD1.7070102@webrz.net> In-Reply-To: <54189CD1.7070102@webrz.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 20:58:34 -0000 On 09/16/14 15:25, Jos Chrispijn wrote: > Coert: >> Upgraded to version 1.3.7, was on an older one indeed. Was running >> 1.2.4_1 Still having issues though, for now I just stick to release/0 >> and pkg version 1.2.4_1 Going to try an upgrade later > I really don't know why pkg should be used in this stage. I seldom > have seen so much negative side effects with using a program as with > this one. > Is the program not tested thouroughly or am I just too stupid to > understand? Last time I used it, my complete php port system got > damaged and had to reinstall BSD from scratch in order to get my > active ports in line again. > > Please understand that writing this is no offence to the author of > pkg; I really respect all effort that is put in it - I just don't > understand why it causes me/us so much trouble using it. > > BR, Jos Chrispijn > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > I have posted a fair amount of questions/issues w/ pkg as well. I think most of the problems are with documentation. The interactions between ports & pkgs as managed by pkg are not necessarily intuitive, & *ALL* documentation (man pages, 'pkg help ....', & online docs) are mum on that matter. There are some files/metadata/etc. that apparently are used by both packages (ports & pkg), & it is maddeningly easy to run afoul of those interactions, at least for me. I have boiled it down to 'always do whatever you are going to do w/ pkg *1st*, then mess w/ ports' .... That is working for me, but my setup is pretty simplistic .... YMMV, IANAL, & all that rot .... -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.