Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2014 20:39:34 -0500 From: "Sam Fourman Jr." <sfourman@gmail.com> To: Michelle Sullivan <michelle@sorbs.net> Cc: ports@freebsd.org, pkg@freebsd.org, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org>, stable@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Current <current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [HEADSUP] pkg(8) is now the only package management tool Message-ID: <CAOFF%2BZ1MOr9-rYbwHYWqBKjMvRPwUnew4jThEoJ_WkoTmwyNsQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <54050D07.4010404@sorbs.net> References: <20140901195520.GB77917@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> <54050D07.4010404@sorbs.net>
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> > And for the portsnap users? > > In short, this change doesn't directly effect portsnap users. Portsnap is a tool that used to obtain a copy of the ports tree. Portsnap is only one way, another way to get a copy of the ports tree is by using subversion and checking it out by using the svn command. pkg(8) is a package management tool, and to make use of most packages having a copy of the ports tree is not required. > > > -- > Michelle Sullivan > http://www.mhix.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Sam Fourman Jr.
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