Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 15:28:27 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Steve Wills <swills@FreeBSD.org> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org>, current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: pkgng suggestion: renaming /usr/sbin/pkg to /usr/sbin/pkg-bootstrap Message-ID: <5036AE8B.9030807@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <97612B57-1255-4BB3-A6D3-FC74324C6D67@FreeBSD.org> References: <97612B57-1255-4BB3-A6D3-FC74324C6D67@FreeBSD.org>
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On 8/23/2012 3:19 PM, Steve Wills wrote:
> Hi,
>
> It seems to me that renaming the pkg binary in /usr/sbin/pkg to /usr/sbin/pkg-bootstrap would make sense. From a user standpoint, it is confusing that running the command gets different results the second time it is run vs. the first time. I can imagine a user saying "I ran pkg, but it didn't do what they said it would. Now I run it again, and it does do what it is supposed to." Also, it would enable setting up a pkg-bootstrap man page separate from the pkg man page, without confusion about which one you're looking at.
>
> So, opinions? There may still be time to fix it for 9.1 if we can decide quickly.
Yes please.
Every time in the past that we have talked about moving the pkg_* tools
to the ports the corresponding change for the base was to have a
pkg_bootstrap tool that was a use once and forget kind of thing. I was
quite surprised when sbin/pkg was added, but since people tell me I
already comment on too much, I decided to wait and see what others thought.
Doug
--
I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do
something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what
I can do.
-- Edward Everett Hale, (1822 - 1909)
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