Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 07:25:32 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Updating from 9.2 to 10.0-BETA3 Issues.. Message-ID: <5285CC6C.3090706@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <877gca8u04.fsf@oak.localnet> References: <044201cee0ee$c0bc0970$42341c50$@leadmon.net> <528475B6.5010604@infracaninophile.co.uk> <046501cee10b$3d6da9d0$b848fd70$@leadmon.net> <5284912C.4040203@infracaninophile.co.uk> <87fvqy9b5u.fsf@oak.localnet> <528508FA.7060502@infracaninophile.co.uk> <877gca8u04.fsf@oak.localnet>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On 14/11/2013 23:04, Carl Johnson wrote: > Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> writes: > >> On 11/14/13 16:54, Carl Johnson wrote: >>> Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> writes: >>>> Both portmaster and portupgrade are compatible with pkg(8), and you can >>>> certainly carry on using them in pretty much the same way as you always >>>> did. There is a missing bit of functionality with portmaster in that it >>>> won't itself install from pkgs on a pkgngized system. Patches welcome! >>> >>> What is the recommended process for handling portmaster on a new system? >>> I am planning on upgrading a 9.2 system, but I was planning to remove >>> all ports first, then install pkg and portmaster to install the >>> remaining packages. Is there some required order to handle this? >>> >> >> Yes. Install pkg first, then portmater, then anything else you may >> desire. Note that you'll need 'WITH_PKGNG=YES' in /etc/make.conf if you >> on FreeBSD 9.x (or below) and you are goingto build your own packages >> rather than using the binary packages from pkg.freebsd.org. > > Thanks for the reply, but that is still not clear. You said above that > portmaster "won't itself install from pkgs", so I am not sure what that > means. Does that mean that using pkg to install portmaster will work > properly? I am planning to wait for the release, so hopefully the > release notes will have good install/upgrade instructions. It means the -P or -PP options to portmaster don't do what you expect. Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey JID: matthew@infracaninophile.co.uk [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.20 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQJ8BAEBCgBmBQJShcxsXxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXQ2NTNBNjhCOTEzQTRFNkNGM0UxRTEzMjZC QjIzQUY1MThFMUE0MDEzAAoJELsjr1GOGkATt+cQAJUgpaCkwYTZmAiv3x699JND tVGZ6OX/3c5mbk5SDqULoNeO7fOAgDb5SLC7vWPfdo4HwYEImCiq9qFidDOFkZWH Y/FDjd39Hx5n3Tx3ASH6Zz/N+p7Kww+ruXTMI5BmbXL7s462geiknC9b0SSowtJT 6LmssS4Z33ooMB2DUuUEuXD8MZEmekXtTemtrB/tdqsHWwyQk/EHYtzX/pq8Aw+b yQy1E0vsU/RDnjJEuVXodqON6xmuw6qWy9W8/B2Zgh0u8lGJ6AvgpnavV88lOx8y Ihlko7zjGQm+TgIxqYJhU+jAhKkv7ucRL+fO7BLKZntcN//xZBA7Pmfr7/pJpwBI q87LRgkXmLQSWRuk+kngg7sm2HW4+HHyK3vwgBugCkRu64Dt19EeuR0lLndJfFh3 gcBFrm+ndENZnf2SAdlV5FwUIM3XswSXqkrORvyXq4vIHWLJGV+WVcPzK+iXqkaR ig7aIkFbaLd3tV5Q595xBgnu3PNUrg5JV5BraCPrc8aqO3We45k7nlNVtOQOsFk2 KO8ZrD41cK1p1heALQz1ZHWMbglp8Xx8dt8he36b8NYxUscjTRzPEmgiagab9bjq cFwmWl7eF+mylay8t8CvpQ38DC8DS+VKmydS9Av/ZeLWQF6EiCT4cRU7SKQok6DF enOfbdUMLSaIkj/i/yIe =q2U8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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