Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 08:38:31 +0100 From: Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org> To: Jos Chrispijn <ports@webrz.net>, Coert <lgroups@waagmeester.co.za>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Jamie Griffin <griffin8j@gmail.com> Subject: Re: A lot of pkg problems Message-ID: <54193A77.1060508@qeng-ho.org> In-Reply-To: <54189CD1.7070102@webrz.net> References: <B2E0472020754D45B72E9B0CE35278CAB720593587@EXCHANGE.mail.starnet.cz> <2509308.9rytrV7MvD@penguin> <5411A89B.4010707@gmail.com> <1812950.bWcWxrzvJI@penguin> <54189CD1.7070102@webrz.net>
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On 16/09/2014 21:25, Jos Chrispijn wrote: > Coert: >> Upgraded to version 1.3.7, was on an older one indeed. Was running >> 1.2.4_1 Still having issues though, for now I just stick to release/0 >> and pkg version 1.2.4_1 Going to try an upgrade later > I really don't know why pkg should be used in this stage. I seldom have > seen so much negative side effects with using a program as with this one. > Is the program not tested thouroughly or am I just too stupid to > understand? Last time I used it, my complete php port system got damaged > and had to reinstall BSD from scratch in order to get my active ports in > line again. What you're seeing all comes from people who are having problems with pkg. Those of us for whom it just works generally don't bother saying anything. I was a relatively early adopter of pkg and have had exactly one problem, which was caused by forgetting to read /usr/ports/UPDATING first. > Please understand that writing this is no offence to the author of pkg; > I really respect all effort that is put in it - I just don't understand > why it causes me/us so much trouble using it. > Have you tried building your own repository? That would avoid potential version discrepancies between ports and the main repo.
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