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From: Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org>
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On 2/05/2016 8:39 PM, Mathieu Arnold wrote:
> +--On 2 mai 2016 18:39:57 +0800 Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> wrote:
> | Hi guys,
> |
> | ok so I see:
> |
> | 2014-04-30 ports-mgmt/pkg_install: Replaced by ports-mgmt/pkg
> |
> |
> | So now how do enterprises maintaining appliances etc. generate packages
> | for old systems?
>
> There is a tag, https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/tags/PKG_INSTALL_EOL/ that
> gives you the last version to support pkg_install.  Anything after that
> will not work with it.  At all.
>
I'm not looking to produce old packages of the ports tree.. I know the 
ports crew would hate me for that.

What I object to is not having the tools needed to generate MY OWN 
PACKAGES in ports.