Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 13:24:01 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Paul Hoffman <phoffman@proper.com> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: The Handbook doc on "pkg" is badly out of date Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1401151322090.83038@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <1AD4F981-7EB6-4959-A773-560C9617839E@proper.com> References: <1AD4F981-7EB6-4959-A773-560C9617839E@proper.com>
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On Wed, 15 Jan 2014, Paul Hoffman wrote: > It now seems like the normal workflow for people who want to use "pkg" is: > > - Hear about pkg > - Find the information in the Handbook at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/pkgng-intro.html > - Install following those directions > - Get mysterious messages while following those directions > - Google the messages > - Discover https://wiki.freebsd.org/pkgng > - Make those changes > - Carry on > > This seems kind of non-optimal. Can the Handbook be fixed to deal with the newer way "pkg" runs? The mysterious messages were due to a a default configuration file which I think is not installed with the latest version of pkg. I switched a 9.2 system over to pkg a couple of days ago, and did what the Handbook says--really, just install pkg and run pkg2ng--and did not see those messages.
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