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Date:      Thu, 9 Feb 2017 17:01:39 +0100
From:      Franco Fichtner <franco@lastsummer.de>
To:        Steve Wills <swills@freebsd.org>
Cc:        scratch65535@att.net, freebsd-ports <ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Install of pkg fuse-ntfs fails because of undefined symbol in pkg!?!
Message-ID:  <192DBE4D-339A-4645-8C88-AE8BAD344346@lastsummer.de>
In-Reply-To: <451770c6-f2d3-6ca4-183e-532ea5f1ee89@FreeBSD.org>
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> On 9 Feb 2017, at 4:47 PM, Steve Wills <swills@freebsd.org> wrote:
> 
> They're supposed to upgrade to a supported version of FreeBSD.

pkg won't refuse the upgrade.  And at least if it upgraded, it
should not break itself.

Imagine a GUI-driven appliance being bricked.  There is nobody
who can tell it "fetch ports and build pkg to keep using it".

Don't get me wrong.  Automation around pkg is really good, though
that doesn't warrant it's perfect (yet).


Cheers,
Franco



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