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Date:      Mon, 06 Mar 2023 04:36:08 +1100
From:      Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au>
To:        Dan Langille <dan@langille.org>
Cc:        Mel Pilgrim <list_freebsd@bluerosetech.com>,questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How do I determine the ABI string used by pkg?
Message-ID:  <C238B683-4BBD-46F3-94DA-043ADA8BD2ED@nimnet.asn.au>
In-Reply-To: <b3e9f8a6-e91e-e2dc-0bc4-36df118fdffe@langille.org>
References:  <32d2e376-3f89-0588-316d-801d4cbf0b44@bluerosetech.com> <4DF870F0-89D5-45AA-B66C-93D2D1C0DD5E@nimnet.asn.au> <b3e9f8a6-e91e-e2dc-0bc4-36df118fdffe@langille.org>

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On 6 March 2023 3:03:23 am AEDT, Dan Langille <dan@langille=2Eorg> wrote:
 > Ian Smith wrote on 3/5/23 12:09 AM:
 > > On 2 March 2023 6:50:13 pm AEDT, Mel Pilgrim
 > <list_freebsd@bluerosetech=2Ecom> wrote:

 > >   > I need to determine the ABI string pkg uses on a given system,
 > and
 > >   > need to do so when there are no pkgs installed=2E
 > >
 > >   # pkg -N -vv | grep ABI

 > Will that install pkg "when there are no pkgs installed", the key=20
 > requirement of the question?

No; using 'pkg -N' when no packages are installed, /usr/sbin/pkg won't att=
empt to bootstrap (i=2Ee=2E install pkg*=2Epkg as /usr/local/sbin/pkg) but =
-vv still prints, here:

ABI =3D "FreeBSD:12:amd64";
ALTABI =3D "FreeBSD:12:x86:64";

cheers, Ian  (ports@ removed from ccs)



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