Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2012 11:31:26 +0200 From: "Hartmann, O." <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portmaster and pkgng Message-ID: <500D19EE.7030607@zedat.fu-berlin.de> In-Reply-To: <CADLo838_NSsfSi3QMBh0LrjiCU0vePk1CV4GExrDZtHDnadm7w@mail.gmail.com> References: <500D0EA5.4050900@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <CADLo838_NSsfSi3QMBh0LrjiCU0vePk1CV4GExrDZtHDnadm7w@mail.gmail.com>
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On 07/23/12 11:07, Chris Rees wrote: > On 23 Jul 2012 09:44, "Hartmann, O." <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote: >> >> Hello. >> >> I'd like to try pkgng with portmaster. I see that "pkg2ng" is involving >> the directory /var/db/pkg, so this implies that there may implications >> also for usage with ports-mgmt/portmaster. portmaster is supposed to be >> the tool completely dependend on system's toolsets, isn't it? >> >> I know that "pkg" is supposed to be more for binary maintainance of the >> system, but I'd like to be "stuck" with compiling my ports. Is there an >> issue with that? >> >> Thanks inadvance and sorry for the (naive) noise. > > Of course you can stay with compiling your ports directly, but I think > you'll be so amazed with how easy it is to make binary package sets > yourself and use them that you'll use them instead :). You still have all > the advantages of compiling from source. > > http://blog.etoilebsd.net/post/Home_made_pkgng_repo > > Chris Hello Chris. I need to go step by step. I installed ports-mgmt/pkg and did a pkg2ng and watched the folder /var/db/pkg has been backuped and then changed towards the pkgng usage. portmaster now is not recognizing anymore the format of the /var/db/pkg folder - for those considered the knowledged no surprise, for me simply the indication that portmaster usage isn't usable as usual. Well, if I understand it right, pkg is considered to be for binary packages and does not make portmaster obsolete, if I'm inclined compiling my ports myself, am I right? Well, I thought I read in here that pkg has now a much more sophisticated tracking of dependencies - usage of SQLite implies, that there is now a great opportunity of doing well in tracking problems and versioning (I might be wrong). I tried to follow the chat on the list about pkgng, but for the rush I didn't figured out whether portmaster is considered obsolete - I saw patches for portupgrade flushing in, so my logic has been falsified by that implicitely ... Thanks for the link, I'll see what it about, sounds promising ... Regards, Oliver -- Oliver Hartmann Freie Universität Berlin Planetologie und Fernerkundung Malteserstr. 74 - 100/Haus D D-12249 Berlin Tel.: +49 (0) 30 838 70 508 FAX: +49 (0) 30 838 70 539
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