Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:51:51 +0100 From: Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org> To: Matthew Seaman <matthew@FreeBSD.org> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: pkgng and the old pkg_* programs Message-ID: <50853357.4010007@qeng-ho.org> In-Reply-To: <50843299.6030407@FreeBSD.org> References: <50842C6E.9070800@qeng-ho.org> <50843299.6030407@FreeBSD.org>
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On 10/21/12 18:36, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 21/10/2012 18:10, Arthur Chance wrote: >> Now that portmaster officially supports pkgng I've converted to using >> it. Is there any reason to keep the old pkg_* programs around, or can I >> delete them and add WITHOUT_PKGTOOLS to my /etc/src.conf? I'm running >> RELEASE-9.0 on amd64 and will update to REL-9.1 as soon as it arrives if >> that matters. > > There is no particularly good reason to keep pkg_tools around once > you've made the switch to pkgng. pkgng should provide replacements for > all the pkg_tool functionality and slot into its place quite smoothly. > > However, I'm not sure that there's been adequate testing on a > pkg_tools-free setup, so it is not entirely outside the bounds of > possibility that you might run into some odd problems. If you do, > please report what happens, as that's definitely a bug that needs fixing. Will do. Thanks to all who worked on pkgng.
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