From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 26 23:02:30 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0B5F4CAF for ; Fri, 26 Dec 2014 23:02:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wg0-x22e.google.com (mail-wg0-x22e.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c00::22e]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8F4C16602B for ; Fri, 26 Dec 2014 23:02:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wg0-f46.google.com with SMTP id x13so15241817wgg.33 for ; Fri, 26 Dec 2014 15:02:28 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=Yc8RDAQfUCE/Xdmk9Ze9xdN4KsSqZ4Beu9rIL9ken84=; b=bDgk9Sy5S3vJISQhadxGt7wjg5TWa3muKF5ICNdRteh+Dma0swM3BG3/tNlWf02Kqv JvrXyu7Y3RV9s8N5Q76AQdw8Kp902aeGgfZ+rJ/g/l1uxJmLm2NTzTSByodZZ89GXNk/ Jced2/8UWCalZkHJKYEn0cXgfhcFxOe92L+NDdswfWNbD/srDz1y9CfxkhfXFlM1GiiZ hFkrjf3OCp5pQvBWf6gGkP+2akMRpueJAzEa2zs/6WcsomtlEdM5RBWM/IRF4a5ueQY0 76I8MdU2JPYC/j0wQjfDWRynEJpWIQ8PG/D8wOiPoIhenfrTOm2xbD8fYUcndd3l9bQW dsgQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.194.92.235 with SMTP id cp11mr9110588wjb.112.1419634948001; Fri, 26 Dec 2014 15:02:28 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.217.157.195 with HTTP; Fri, 26 Dec 2014 15:02:27 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20141226171618.GA30541@workbox.Home> References: <20141226171618.GA30541@workbox.Home> Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 15:02:27 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Do I want to switch to the new pkg(8) format? From: Chris Stankevitz To: Bigby James Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 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 23:02:30 -0000 On Fri, Dec 26, 2014 at 9:16 AM, Bigby James wrote: > That message is only for folks upgrading a pre-10.0 installation. If you > installed 10.0 or later, any binary packages you install will use the new > format. At present there actually aren't any binary package management tools in > the base system---the 'pkg' command is just a bootstrap that installs pkgng, > which can also be installed from the port in 'ports-mgmt/pkg.' Bigby, Thank you, that is helpful. FYI the only "package-like" command I have ever typed is "portsnap" and "make". I have never typed pkg or pkgng and I'm not sure why I would... except if I wanted to install a pre-compiled binary. So I'm a bit confused as to why someone who only uses "portsnap" and "make" would be asked questions about the "format" of my "pkg". Chris