From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 19 23:02:52 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C786C550; Thu, 19 Jun 2014 23:02:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ve0-x229.google.com (mail-ve0-x229.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400c:c01::229]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 71C182464; Thu, 19 Jun 2014 23:02:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ve0-f169.google.com with SMTP id pa12so3014351veb.28 for ; Thu, 19 Jun 2014 16:02:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=PMvLBEYRAQiUzcpDerYI5keahYBpHwedl1jORIT9n1k=; b=dXIACGFJ1zR25e+FVBaXAY+A2fJqcGTrJBM6HLLCo14L7m9aXccYwzC3+vAfthAXLh AQlq6oCacnupPWZ3bCe/qiIbhl0fuwL2LcOWe93uSHeQ6qPVO3oJMaY1Okt3aNGoQt1i 3+PnAl7LkE7gz2hnRjWb3toeHI4p+A+ha/Yx8UrmK77gX4JxyYWDOadcuoge3VM4lbyj mRH7JMf/jwEPHTMCQmbpal4NQbwZZ9arZrHHV/6EMinWwFy+fVQFZ75T2WwxtUaWdkb3 DOQbDX7TLPfUJ2tz99lP8u/ue8ZMjRHW5MqYrIE+LqhRf9m85h1+iik62x4O2U1eV9zV 2tuQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.52.138.232 with SMTP id qt8mr2855384vdb.44.1403218971396; Thu, 19 Jun 2014 16:02:51 -0700 (PDT) Sender: christopher.maness@gmail.com Received: by 10.58.191.35 with HTTP; Thu, 19 Jun 2014 16:02:51 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <539FD726.50907@FreeBSD.org> References: <20140615022626.7111be2c.freebsd@edvax.de> <20140615100636.GB23568@slackbox.erewhon.home> <539DCF00.2030601@FreeBSD.org> <539FD726.50907@FreeBSD.org> Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 16:02:51 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 036CuN-jfaJezR43Hd6SQq2PiNw Message-ID: Subject: Re: Port Changes FAQ From: Chris Maness To: Matthew Seaman , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 23:02:52 -0000 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 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 > >