From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 27 00:35:16 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 34066431 for ; Sat, 27 Dec 2014 00:35:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "wonkity.com", Issuer "wonkity.com" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CFC8B67A1B for ; Sat, 27 Dec 2014 00:35:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id sBR0ZDnT060110 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 26 Dec 2014 17:35:13 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.9/8.14.9/Submit) with ESMTP id sBR0ZDw0060107; Fri, 26 Dec 2014 17:35:13 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 17:35:13 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block To: Chris Stankevitz Subject: Re: Do I want to switch to the new pkg(8) format? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <7813720d20f4ad81c083db7695df728b.squirrel@ma.sdf.org> User-Agent: Alpine 2.11 (BSF 23 2013-08-11) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.4.3 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Fri, 26 Dec 2014 17:35:13 -0700 (MST) Cc: cpet@sdf.org, 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: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 00:35:16 -0000 On Fri, 26 Dec 2014, Chris Stankevitz wrote: > On Fri, Dec 26, 2014 at 3:35 PM, Warren Block wrote: >>> How do I use pkg to upgrade all of my ports? I think you said "use >>> pkg for all package management operations" >> >> >> I'm fairly sure I did not say that. :) > > Early in this thread you said "No, both binary packages and ports > require pkg now. It is the only supported package management tool, > and installing ports *is* installing packages." -- that is what got me > going but apparently I misunderstood. To clarify: the old package management system (pkg_* commands) is no longer supported. Whether you install from ports or binary packages, pkg is now required. Or rather, the old pkg_* commands and database are no longer supported and do not work with the current version of the ports tree. Something I've been meaning to do was a sort of mini-FAQ on pkg. It might help here: http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/pkg.html (Thanks to robak on IRC for suggestions!)