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Date:      Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:52:45 +0100
From:      "Simon L. B. Nielsen" <simon@qxnitro.org>
To:        Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org>
Cc:        ports@freebsd.org, ports-announce@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [HEADSUP] current switched by default to pkgng
Message-ID:  <CAC8HS2HrQmOr0e0=4G0PdJje6YB1wZTvctPXvEQizPjt%2Bvs7MQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20121010134421.GI26497@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net>
References:  <20121010134421.GI26497@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net>

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On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 2:44 PM, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> If you are using the ports tree on a FreeBSD current setup, then you are
> concerned by the announce.
>
> As nvidia-drivers has been fixed and is now properly working with pkgng, the
> ports tree as been switch by default to use pkgng on FreeBSD Current based on
> version >= 1000017 which was the version when we tested the switch code.
>
> Make sure to read UPDATING (from ports) to correctly migrate your system or find
> instruction to make your system still running with legacy pkg_install tools.

I read UPDATING, but I'm still not sure what this means when I use
ports and not packages.

Does it mean that I should install pkg to have /var/db/pkg managed,
but otherwise ports keeps working the same way, or?

-- 
Simon L. B. Nielsen



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