Date: Sun, 25 May 2014 11:46:33 +0200 From: Michael Gmelin <freebsd@grem.de> To: Matthew Seaman <matthew@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Richard Kuhns <rjk@wintek.com>, "freebsd-ports@freebsd.org" <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Net-SNMP conflict Message-ID: <20140525114633.34580c06@bsd64.grem.de> In-Reply-To: <537B9B14.5060001@FreeBSD.org> References: <537B0FCB.7020608@altadena.net> <2d991d03fb98e2304c9abf70bcd14f78@mail.feld.me> <537B613A.7010604@wintek.com> <537B796A.7060103@freebsd.org> <537B9215.7050608@wintek.com> <537B9B14.5060001@FreeBSD.org>
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--Sig_/vK6okVNqNcFSCaPy_vfv.53 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 20 May 2014 19:12:36 +0100 Matthew Seaman <matthew@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > On 20/05/2014 18:34, Richard Kuhns wrote: > > So doesn't that mean that the net-snmp port is doing things wrong? > > If pkg *isn't* installed it's pretty safe to say that net-snmpd is > > not going to be able to use pkg(8) to extract the the list of > > installed packages even after listing it as a dependency & > > therefore installing it, right? > >=20 > > Just trying to get clear on what's going on... >=20 > Yes. net-snmpd assumes you're using pkg(8). If you're going to stick > with old pkg_tools, then you're also going to have to stick with old > net-snmpd. >=20 > Of you could just, you know, step into the modern age, become one with > the zeitgeist and switch to pkgng. Don't dither too long though -- > you've only got until September before the question becomes academic, > as that's when pkg_tools is being EoL'd. >=20 September is a pretty tough deadline to meet for larger installations, it's, you know, a lot of work. Ports should actually function with the old pkg_tools until then - otherwise why bother setting a deadline at all. As of today, net-snmpd should be considered BROKEN. --=20 Michael Gmelin --Sig_/vK6okVNqNcFSCaPy_vfv.53 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.20 (FreeBSD) iQF8BAEBCgBmBQJTgbv8XxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXRFODQyNDA4MjEyRDI3NjdBRTI5RUZDQTQ2 ODk3RjhDMTZCRkFGRjlGAAoJEGiX+MFr+v+fLD8H/j1PmsZgm5khrgP+kOPfcoqI 3Nlvre7UAzTtgug2tFSMKcmTkW/mwzST7RcW/AlbWgx16478XWtN4Fyy7DlvlE1B z7xp8piJzuolMI3XaYCFxqof9i3DZ/MTIyVL+xKhAmxhoqx+NovNAtooyjNYvvCQ qjMSVcozpFJ2n3niEyP3Mg89tdqss3+vRO1BMAToGXloKE3SEQd4fCX4m0cxFxPY aVg/hn2SkZcZhwBBG9Ip49ixz8vVNyQU25zSVj1m/0d0LsKqF/Z8bzZ+KKvc+GVC 6j0Bg5A0UhvLQEsxwq2JSlQCYo/EUsP/lpzZAXx7PL1Fh8veFG4Sybx7+Oxl4Vg= =BDW3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/vK6okVNqNcFSCaPy_vfv.53--
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