Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2012 09:16:08 +0200 From: Alexander Kapshuk <alexander.kapshuk@gmail.com> To: Bryan Drewery <bdrewery@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Portupgrade now supports pkgng [/usr/ports/UPDATING] Message-ID: <508CDBB8.3010001@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <508C839C.5090209@FreeBSD.org> References: <508C2668.4010006@gmail.com> <508C839C.5090209@FreeBSD.org>
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On 10/28/2012 03:00 AM, Bryan Drewery wrote: > PKGNG is a replacement for the pkg_* tools that record package data in > /var/db/pkg. > > It also allows for binary package upgrades. > > If you are wanting to use pkgng for binary packages, there's no need to > use portupgrade anymore. Just 'pkg install name', 'pkg upgrade', etc. > Understood. Thanks. For some reason I thought I could use the PKGNG tool set together with portupgrade the same way the pkg_* tools are used. Is there a straightforward way to go back to using the pkg_* tools in 9.1? Thanks.
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