From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 26 17:20:56 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3AA89E4C for ; Fri, 26 Dec 2014 17:20:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from sdf.org (ma.sdf.org [192.94.73.31]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "ma.sdf.org", Issuer "ma.sdf.org" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 186816606F for ; Fri, 26 Dec 2014 17:20:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ma.sdf.org (IDENT:U2FsdGVkX19kDJZ5M4E5pxAZNCcBuNr2tCodU8+bv3g@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sdf.org (8.14.4/8.14.3) with ESMTP id sBQGoqSZ006204; Fri, 26 Dec 2014 16:50:52 GMT Received: from 63.97.65.194 (SquirrelMail authenticated user cpet) by ma.sdf.org with HTTP; Fri, 26 Dec 2014 16:50:52 -0000 Message-ID: <7813720d20f4ad81c083db7695df728b.squirrel@ma.sdf.org> In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 16:50:52 -0000 Subject: Re: Do I want to switch to the new pkg(8) format? From: cpet@sdf.org To: "Chris Stankevitz" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.22 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Cc: freebsd-questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 17:20:56 -0000 > Hello, > > I am familiar with the gentoo "portage" system but I am unfamiliar > with the freebsd system. I prefer to compile ports. > > While I am familiar with "make install", I do not know how to upgrade > all the ports I previously installed (equivalent to gentoo's "emerge > -Dauv world"). Section 5.5.3.1 of the handbook says that I should use > portmaster. When I install portmaster I get a friendly reminder: > > "If you want to switch to the new pkg(8) format, and have not already > done so, there are some extra 1-time steps to take" > > Can you guys help me answer these questions: > > 1. Do I want to switch to the new pkg(8) format? > > 2. If yes, have I already done so? > > Thank you, > > Chris > > PS: I'm running 10.1-RELEASE-p3 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > This comes down to 2 things which are easy: 1. Do you compile a lot of packages with custom options then skip pkgng and continue to using ports. 2. If you don't and just do make install clean and only use default options then pkgng would be easier. Hope this helps some. Chris Petrik