From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 15 16:51:42 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BA6E3788 for ; Fri, 15 Nov 2013 16:51:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pd0-f182.google.com (mail-pd0-f182.google.com [209.85.192.182]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 87FC92673 for ; Fri, 15 Nov 2013 16:51:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pd0-f182.google.com with SMTP id y13so3689703pdi.41 for ; Fri, 15 Nov 2013 08:51:36 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:subject:references:mail-followup-to:date :in-reply-to:message-id:user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=JwNkVYfTCm51CoNaCIIfSERvg/IPDdSc6XTtXbUGjCo=; b=KLev/XIiIdyo1l4Yy/8za5cCeNDxMV8EM2FlA4iiGczZTAxxwjZTPZZiqdbuQs0aZH Rrdr3J4JfDYQT5em/Ao1SB00+TocpEJx6ZBMUPrz31NO6Q1NbuJuRGwXiwHP/5F4ptcJ gz7R3AFNVL6qf29rMCHFWbxbEPXIT3RgLlT/qr0pzsyhI7v0bQcu1sUX3DvtwA4fChDg 7cMWlX4w4Wd+B0TeGEDgDUNJuOisxZ3xNfkzSSCZdv1buisYIc/DXsC/1Ul19r8ydvIV qvaiwa7StBhFwo+Gg+j7cXdjOdw0cGx3/rtTnTBloW7hrkc9ZzCochc5EZ3iCPa8RsjN gVvQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkh0EKSaQUJCQNNFsvOagd5NhfbMwXuc/PA3YTJ886OtI2DYsaCnOk0dhODdhI/fn1YbJLL X-Received: by 10.66.27.16 with SMTP id p16mr7675398pag.65.1384534296233; Fri, 15 Nov 2013 08:51:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from birch.localnet ([207.55.103.135]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id ql10sm5579476pbc.44.2013.11.15.08.51.35 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Fri, 15 Nov 2013 08:51:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from oak.localnet (oak.localnet [192.168.193.34]) by birch.localnet (Postfix) with ESMTP id 544F955E22 for ; Fri, 15 Nov 2013 08:51:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from oak.localnet (localhost.localnet [127.0.0.1]) by oak.localnet (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B5FFBFE8 for ; Fri, 15 Nov 2013 08:51:33 -0800 (PST) Received: (from carlj@localhost) by oak.localnet (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) id rAFGpWBK061054; Fri, 15 Nov 2013 08:51:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from carlj@peak.org) X-Authentication-Warning: oak.localnet: carlj set sender to carlj@peak.org using -f From: Carl Johnson To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Updating from 9.2 to 10.0-BETA3 Issues.. 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> <5285CC6C.3090706@infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 08:51:32 -0800 In-Reply-To: <5285CC6C.3090706@infracaninophile.co.uk> (Matthew Seaman's message of "Fri, 15 Nov 2013 07:25:32 +0000") Message-ID: <8738mx8v6z.fsf@oak.localnet> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.16 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 16:51:42 -0000 Matthew Seaman writes: > On 14/11/2013 23:04, Carl Johnson wrote: >> Matthew Seaman writes: >> >>> On 11/14/13 16:54, Carl Johnson wrote: >>>> Matthew Seaman 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. Thanks, that clears it up. I just remembered that portmaster is a shell script, so that isn't much of a restriction. -- Carl Johnson carlj@peak.org