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Date:      Thu, 14 Nov 2013 15:04:59 -0800
From:      Carl Johnson <carlj@peak.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Updating from 9.2 to 10.0-BETA3 Issues..
Message-ID:  <877gca8u04.fsf@oak.localnet>
In-Reply-To: <528508FA.7060502@infracaninophile.co.uk> (Matthew Seaman's message of "Thu, 14 Nov 2013 17:31:38 %2B0000")
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Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> writes:

> On 11/14/13 16:54, Carl Johnson wrote:
>> Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> writes:
>>> Both portmaster and portupgrade are compatible with pkg(8), and you can
>>> certainly carry on using them in pretty much the same way as you always
>>> did.  There is a missing bit of functionality with portmaster in that it
>>> won't itself install from pkgs on a pkgngized system.  Patches welcome!
>> 
>> What is the recommended process for handling portmaster on a new system?
>> I am planning on upgrading a 9.2 system, but  I was planning to remove
>> all ports first, then install pkg and portmaster to install the
>> remaining packages.  Is there some required order to handle this?
>> 
>
> Yes.  Install pkg first, then portmater, then anything else you may
> desire.  Note that you'll need 'WITH_PKGNG=YES' in /etc/make.conf if you
> on FreeBSD 9.x (or below) and you are goingto build your own packages
> rather than using the binary packages from pkg.freebsd.org.

Thanks for the reply, but that is still not clear.  You said above that
portmaster "won't itself install from pkgs", so I am not sure what that
means.  Does that mean that using pkg to install portmaster will work
properly?  I am planning to wait for the release, so hopefully the
release notes will have good install/upgrade instructions.
-- 
Carl Johnson		carlj@peak.org



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