Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 08:51:32 -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: <8738mx8v6z.fsf@oak.localnet> In-Reply-To: <5285CC6C.3090706@infracaninophile.co.uk> (Matthew Seaman's message of "Fri, 15 Nov 2013 07:25:32 %2B0000") References: <044201cee0ee$c0bc0970$42341c50$@leadmon.net> <528475B6.5010604@infracaninophile.co.uk> <046501cee10b$3d6da9d0$b848fd70$@leadmon.net> <5284912C.4040203@infracaninophile.co.uk> <87fvqy9b5u.fsf@oak.localnet> <528508FA.7060502@infracaninophile.co.uk> <877gca8u04.fsf@oak.localnet> <5285CC6C.3090706@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> writes: > On 14/11/2013 23:04, Carl Johnson wrote: >> 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. > > It means the -P or -PP options to portmaster don't do what you expect. Thanks, that clears it up. I just remembered that portmaster is a shell script, so that isn't much of a restriction. -- Carl Johnson carlj@peak.org
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