Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2023 16:33:36 +1100 From: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> To: Dan Langille <dan@langille.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How do I determine the ABI string used by pkg? Message-ID: <1900BC4E-A5EE-4BC1-9409-2EFA5E8E227A@nimnet.asn.au> In-Reply-To: <3edcd50d-18de-4cd6-82e6-9d9014ab0aae@app.fastmail.com> References: <32d2e376-3f89-0588-316d-801d4cbf0b44@bluerosetech.com> <20230306075622.xfzs33fmflc2vmtb@aniel.nours.eu> <257260d9-1812-3ce5-5d9a-907e2b1ec13e@langille.org> <61D4795C-9A44-4956-9D95-2114D1C9F5AD@nimnet.asn.au> <3edcd50d-18de-4cd6-82e6-9d9014ab0aae@app.fastmail.com>
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On 8 March 2023 7:23:04 am AEDT, Dan Langille <dan@langille.org> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 7, 2023, at 3:03 PM, Ian Smith wrote: [...] > > Dan, could you confirm whether the first one also installed pkg(8), > so > > subsequent 'pkg info' would show (only) pkg? > > Please ignore my testing. It was invalid and did not have the correct > configuration. > > Sorry. I did not set 'path = ' in my jail - I think it was using the > host. At least we're all a bit confused :) > The above mentioned commands all attempt to install pkg when run in > a properly configured jail. > > root@empty_tester:/ # hostname > empty_tester.int.unixathome.org > root@empty_tester:/ # pkg info -l > The package management tool is not yet installed on your system. > Do you want to fetch and install it now? [y/N]: n > root@empty_tester:/ # pkg config ABI > The package management tool is not yet installed on your system. > Do you want to fetch and install it now? [y/N]: n > root@empty_tester:/ # > > If so, would 'pkg -N config ABI' have done the same? Or failed? > > Or shown the ABI? > > root@empty_tester:/ # pkg -N config ABI > pkg: pkg is not installed > root@empty_tester:/ # c > > That is - given that pkg(7) must know $ABI to resolve url: in > > Whatever.conf to install pkg(8) - is it necessary to bootstrap pkg > to > > determine ABI via pkg(7)? > > Yes, I think it is, based on my testing so far. Thanks for confirmation. cheers, Ian
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