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Date:      Tue, 02 Sep 2014 03:51:31 +0200
From:      Michelle Sullivan <michelle@sorbs.net>
To:        "Sam Fourman Jr." <sfourman@gmail.com>
Cc:        ports@freebsd.org, pkg@freebsd.org, stable@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Current <current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: [HEADSUP] pkg(8) is now the only package management tool
Message-ID:  <540522A3.9050506@sorbs.net>
In-Reply-To: <CAOFF%2BZ1MOr9-rYbwHYWqBKjMvRPwUnew4jThEoJ_WkoTmwyNsQ@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <20140901195520.GB77917@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> <54050D07.4010404@sorbs.net> <CAOFF%2BZ1MOr9-rYbwHYWqBKjMvRPwUnew4jThEoJ_WkoTmwyNsQ@mail.gmail.com>

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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....


-- 
Michelle Sullivan
http://www.mhix.org/




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