Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 09:35:13 -0600 From: Andrew Berg <aberg010@my.hennepintech.edu> To: Matt Smith <fbsd@xtaz.co.uk>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Do I want to switch to the new pkg(8) format? Message-ID: <549ED1B1.1090906@my.hennepintech.edu> In-Reply-To: <20141227133604.GA40611@xtaz.uk> References: <CAPi0psuei36LjMFT_B7DF3dWhTz=RK28r-kxKdyeNJx1YSapdg@mail.gmail.com> <CAPi0psv8V7=VZUJS4ND-d=gx4Rh16q8p3p-y2Naac0WCRzcT2w@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1412261740280.26354@wonkity.com> <549E06EA.20008@my.hennepintech.edu> <20141227133604.GA40611@xtaz.uk>
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On 2014.12.27 07:36, Matt Smith wrote: > On Dec 26 19:10, Andrew Berg wrote: >>On 2014.12.26 18:48, Warren Block wrote: >>> Actually, pkg_cutleaves is a port and should be okay to use. The name >>> is due to it trying to look like the old pkg_* system programs. >>> Probably we should say "do not use /usr/sbin/pkg_*". >>Unless it has been updated recently, pkg_cutleaves doesn't support pkgng. It >>does some weird things that make it look like it kind of works, but it doesn't. >>pkg-rmleaf, however, does work with pkgng. > > Hmmmm. I've been using pkg_cutleaves with pkgng for what must be coming > up to a year and haven't ever seen it do anything strange. Seems to work > fine to me. It definitely picks appropriate ports to delete and actually > uninstalls them using the proper pkgng tools. Can you elaborate a bit on > the weird things? Perhaps it was just a bug or two that I encountered. It left the pkg database in a bad state (or it couldn't read the database correctly), but I can't remember the details since it's been so long.
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