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Date:      Wed, 10 Oct 2012 18:29:57 +0200
From:      Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org>
To:        "Simon L. B. Nielsen" <simon@qxnitro.org>
Cc:        ports@freebsd.org, ports-announce@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [FreeBSD-Ports-Announce] [HEADSUP] current switched by default to pkgng
Message-ID:  <20121010162956.GD62709@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net>
In-Reply-To: <CAC8HS2HrQmOr0e0=4G0PdJje6YB1wZTvctPXvEQizPjt%2Bvs7MQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 04:52:45PM +0100, Simon L. B. Nielsen wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 2:44 PM, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org> wr=
ote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > If you are using the ports tree on a FreeBSD current setup, then you are
> > concerned by the announce.
> >
> > As nvidia-drivers has been fixed and is now properly working with pkgng=
, the
> > ports tree as been switch by default to use pkgng on FreeBSD Current ba=
sed on
> > version >=3D 1000017 which was the version when we tested the switch co=
de.
> >
> > Make sure to read UPDATING (from ports) to correctly migrate your syste=
m or find
> > instruction to make your system still running with legacy pkg_install t=
ools.
>=20
> I read UPDATING, but I'm still not sure what this means when I use
> ports and not packages.
>=20
> Does it mean that I should install pkg to have /var/db/pkg managed,
> but otherwise ports keeps working the same way, or?
>=20
> --=20
> Simon L. B. Nielsen

That means you either have to add WITHOUT_PKGNG to you make.conf so that no=
thing
changes for you

or follow the procedure (which is for ports only) and your local ports will=
 be
managed by pkgng, and you can forget about all the pkg_* tools :)

regards,
Bapt

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