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Date:      Thu, 19 Jun 2014 16:02:51 -0700
From:      Chris Maness <chris@chrismaness.com>
To:        Matthew Seaman <matthew@freebsd.org>,  "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Port Changes FAQ
Message-ID:  <CANnsUMGhivcwKGpvwxGANVV15%2BW0eTHOwxDsPwM4D7MCajXw2A@mail.gmail.com>
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If install a port by the old fashioned diving into the ports tree, and
#make install clean, will it be registered in the database that pkg
(8) reads?

Thanks,
Chris

On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 10:50 PM, Matthew Seaman <matthew@freebsd.org> wrote:
> On 16/06/2014 22:05, Chris Maness wrote:
>> What version of FreeBSD implements the now pkg (8)?
>
> pkg(8) works on all supported version of FreeBSD -- basically anywhere
> that the ports tree works.  It would probably work on earlier versions,
> but that hasn't been well tested.  Basically, if you have /usr/sbin/pkg
> on your system (which is the shim that pulls in the real pkg(8)) then
> you're good to go.
>
> pkg(8) is default in 10.0 and will be default in all releases to come on
> all branches from now on.  Given that the declared EoL of the old
> pkg_tools is due in September there's only one more release (9.3) that
> could possibly not have pkg(8) as default: however, my understanding is
> that there are no plans to provide any old-style packages with that release.
>
>         Cheers,
>
>         Matthew
>
> --
> Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil.
> PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey
>
>



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