Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 19:44:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeffrey Bouquet <jeffreybouquet@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: One more pkg non-default-please edge-case reasoning... Message-ID: <1345862655.77020.YahooMailClassic@web111308.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
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I should explain opposition to the deprecation of /var/db/pkg more fully (assuming it is to be obsoleted by pkg)... I am accustomed to using the /lookat/ port to view text files (such as +CONTENTS.) Multiple times weekly, I use its 's' key to search (a dialog box appears) bin so etc. This side of simple. (Additionally, a nice white-on-blue readability). Never got used to the search keys in "less" etc. So the flat files here serve a purpose I surmise is not that common. And figuring out which category /editors/ etc (the pkg-plist equivalent) is way slower in many cases. A reason to retain that particular usability... til/when I/someone notices a workaround. J. Bouquet
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