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On 23/11/2012 16:24, Amitabh Kant wrote:
> Can' we create a new format package using recent version of portmaster? Or
> am I reading everything incorrectly?

Yes, you can certainly do that.  portmaster works pretty well with pkgng
although it is still missing a few features compared to using it with
pkg_tools.

	Cheers,

	Matthew