Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 16:09:53 -0400 From: Chris Nehren <apeiron+freebsd-stable@isuckatdomains.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: pkgng (Was: Why Are You NOT Using FreeBSD ?) Message-ID: <20120601200953.GH15877@isuckatdomains.members.linode.com> In-Reply-To: <4FC91CFE.3090009@shatow.net> References: <201206011857.q51IvqN3049343@office.dignus.com> <4FC91CFE.3090009@shatow.net>
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On Fri, Jun 01, 2012 at 14:50:22 -0500 , Bryan Drewery wrote: > FWIW, there is freebsd-update(8) now for binary updating of base, and > pkgng[1] will allow binary upgrading of packages/ports similar to apt-get. > > [1] http://wiki.freebsd.org/pkgng The thing that really has me attracted to pkgng is that it's based on a C library with a public API that developers can use / abuse. It's not (AFAIK) officially released yet, but some early work I've been doing with it has shown it to be useful enough. -- Thanks and best regards, Chris Nehren
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