Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2014 16:25:12 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: User and vendor packages (for pkg_* tools) Message-ID: <542C1CD8.4030907@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <1412166837.1994524.173874785.5FEDC463@webmail.messagingengine.com> References: <542BF06B.1070603@passap.ru> <1412166837.1994524.173874785.5FEDC463@webmail.messagingengine.com>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --Apxodr6ffcSoNrDID3CtQXrQOR6SxAfQX Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 10/01/14 13:33, Mark Felder wrote: > On Wed, Oct 1, 2014, at 07:15, Boris Samorodov wrote: >> > Hi All, >> >=20 >> > A user has License to use an App and uses pkgng. The vendor has >> > only packages for pkg_* tools. >> >=20 >> > What the user should do? Is there a tool to convert old packages to >> > new format? >> >=20 > There is no such tool. You would have to manually convert it to the new= > package format by making a port for it. I think a skeleton port that > asked the user a few questions could do this automatically. I will > consider taking a stab at this, but I will have to locate an example to= > test with. Actually there kind-of is such a tool. pkg-convert(8) It's not ideal, in that you have to install the old-style package *before* converting it. Making pkg-convert able to read either old- or new- style package tarballs and output to the alternate format tarball would be an interesting project. Nagging the vendor to produce new style packages likely to be more productive in the long run. Cheers, Matthew --Apxodr6ffcSoNrDID3CtQXrQOR6SxAfQX Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQJ7BAEBCgBmBQJULBzfXxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXQxOUYxNTRFQ0JGMTEyRTUwNTQ0RTNGMzAw MDUxM0YxMEUwQTlFNEU3AAoJEABRPxDgqeTnErsP93ln+LQTtPY9yUbe2oZdsM2B ff99eCdP5xjBrVI5cXHqsghrdc12cNMSZ5W6Id5lLw7EIqaJ1iQtudj/dHsxN2yD n0N9pJwenbskklZkYxRd2ceiqfOwYz+EmLhanbzHuY9KrpL/QVJaMvMRVLAtLMJ4 OmLuLZjt3l6EgfRg6GYmXKoAxdJbhQ/pYhVvBFdeh62RgAeYlDPJVWlMNNpuQKWk wbQmpaJdxrTYgnF2kyrcYJAqqKm8hfKXQe8ylzgcO5iT62p95v9s+Nf8Km8MQF2W qCmZ3PdoNmv6MCSAbGU95fb7Ev5ZbHqGrJCP0+P/kSjues5ueJqr5+YN6hGoptpA QX2zdxSyFrHZRFTDgKNfqVD3v05aDlwbgWMfp9fNPxVn/Iv8WDydDBe0RmwCyjk2 7pJSRfjyCgZed2KrKIX5C5/Ne7NCljyj/zbrEWEhZ0R1CVkL4NYwMP/xZYnt6Q3E lQb3aZPFIwkpB0C+5J6MFxbMxQuHks6b5AlMi+vXGkALc4CmS8tMQhbywoFmszox 4PR0Acu3CpfrdSTclKPYw1lqedTZnsBW//dGmGKZLyzq6fgHy17QIXyRYCHxcCwa DBLxlKAo095OqJzQlXxsQm/x6HfFQljW2yBFQNQRp9KHYdYFSXTma+3tzMFCgSGx TrbTbQzjkgUzP397nUs= =iTrd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Apxodr6ffcSoNrDID3CtQXrQOR6SxAfQX--
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