Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 13:05:54 -0500 (EST) From: Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@MIT.EDU> To: Glen Barber <gjb@freebsd.org> Cc: svn-doc-projects@freebsd.org, doc-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r40000 - projects/pkgng/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports Message-ID: <alpine.GSO.1.10.1211151304590.2164@multics.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <201211151440.qAFEeLYN099713@svn.freebsd.org> References: <201211151440.qAFEeLYN099713@svn.freebsd.org>
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Picking a random commit... On Thu, 15 Nov 2012, Glen Barber wrote: > Author: gjb > Date: Thu Nov 15 14:40:21 2012 > New Revision: 40000 > URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/40000 > > Log: > Document the following procedures for pkgng: > > - Bootstrapping and installation from ports/packages > - Converting the package database to pkgng format with pkg2ng > - Setting WITH_PKGNG and PKGSUFFIX in make.conf > > Modified: > projects/pkgng/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml > > Modified: projects/pkgng/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml > ============================================================================== > --- projects/pkgng/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml Thu Nov 15 13:38:34 2012 (r39999) > +++ projects/pkgng/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml Thu Nov 15 14:40:21 2012 (r40000) > @@ -658,12 +658,67 @@ docbook = > <title>Getting Started with > <application>pkgng</application></title> > > - <para><!-- > - - Bootstrapping > - - Installation from ports (for older &os releases) > - - Converting to pkgng (pkg2ng) > - - make.conf modifications > - --></para> > + <para>&os; 9.1 and later includes a "bootstrap" > + utility for <application>pkgng</application>. The bootstrap > + utility will download and install > + <application>pkgng</application>.</para> > + > + <para>To bootstrap the system, run:</para> > + > + <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>/usr/sbin/pkg</userinput></screen> > + > + <para>For earlier &os; versions, > + <application>pkgng</application> must be installed from the Isn't the actual application just "pkg"? It's unclear to what extent we really need to be talking about pkgng using the string "pkgng". -Ben
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