Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2017 07:45:08 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <matthew@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg convert? Message-ID: <0e32b32b-5a8d-6f08-b969-9d3fd638d459@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <5C.19.03935.91517495@dnvrco-omsmta01> References: <5C.19.03935.91517495@dnvrco-omsmta01>
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From: Matthew Seaman <matthew@FreeBSD.org>
To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Message-ID: <0e32b32b-5a8d-6f08-b969-9d3fd638d459@FreeBSD.org>
Subject: Re: pkg convert?
References: <5C.19.03935.91517495@dnvrco-omsmta01>
In-Reply-To: <5C.19.03935.91517495@dnvrco-omsmta01>
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On 19/06/2017 01:04, Thomas Mueller wrote:
> Looking through the man page for pkg, I see there is still an entry for=
convert ("pkg help convert" or "man pkg-convert").
>=20
> DESCRIPTION
> pkg convert is used to convert from/to pkg(8) local database to le=
gacy
> pkg_install tools format.
>=20
> OPTIONS
> The following options are supported by pkg convert:
>=20
> -d pkg_dbdir, --pkg-dbdir pkg_dbdir
> The location of the pkg_add(1) dbdir. Defaults to /var/db=
/pkg.
>=20
> -n, --dry-run
> Dry-run mode. Do not actually convert anything. Just sho=
w what
> would be done.
>=20
> What is this? Looks obsolete to me, I thought the legacy pkg_install t=
ools format was long gone with no going back.
>=20
> I tried this with -n (dry-run) just for curiosity, and naturally it did=
n't work:
>=20
> I got
>=20
> pkg: Unable to open plist file: /var/db/pkg/texlive-texmf-20150523_3/+C=
ONTENTS
> Skipping invalid package: /var/db/pkg/texlive-texmf-20150523_3
>=20
> and many more like that.
>=20
> If this legacy functionality is long gone, why is it still in the man p=
age or "pkg help convert"?=20
>=20
> I saw it as recently as 11.1-PRERELEASE.
I believe the documentation is somewhat inaccurate: pkg-convert(8) will
convert the old pkg_tools format to pkg(8), but not the reverse.
Yes, this is pretty much of legacy interest only nowadays, but I suspect
there are still 8.x machines needing upgrade here and there.
Cheers,
Matthew
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