Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 18:25:08 +0200 From: Victor Balada Diaz <victor@bsdes.net> 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: <20121010162508.GQ4191@equilibrium.bsdes.net> In-Reply-To: <20121010134421.GI26497@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> References: <20121010134421.GI26497@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net>
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On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 03:44:21PM +0200, Baptiste Daroussin 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. > > regards, > Bapt Hello Baptiste, Thanks a lot for your hard work. I've been using pkgng for a while on 9.0 and it's been a great experience. Right now you can use pointyhat packages[1] if you use old pkg tools. Is there any plan to create binary packages more often than once per release? Regards. Victor. [1]: http://pointyhat.freebsd.org/errorlogs/amd64-10-packages-latest/ -- La prueba más fehaciente de que existe vida inteligente en otros planetas, es que no han intentado contactar con nosotros.
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