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Date:      Mon, 15 Feb 2021 13:01:51 -0800
From:      Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
To:        RW via freebsd-ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
Cc:        ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: bogus warning from pkg
Message-ID:  <20210215210151.GA86505@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20210215205651.698d0c0e@gumby.homeunix.com>
References:  <20210215191031.GA86060@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <CAN6yY1veKTN25oq1bcfExeZ927uuPKgjB6jBgArCPqZzYxFBtw@mail.gmail.com> <20210215203913.GA86309@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20210215205651.698d0c0e@gumby.homeunix.com>

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On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 08:56:51PM +0000, RW via freebsd-ports wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Feb 2021 12:39:13 -0800
> Steve Kargl wrote:
> 
> 
> > BTW, there is no documentation as what 'pkg bootstrap -f'
> > does.  In particular, the -f option is no described.
> > 
> >From pkg(8) (in 12.2):
> 
>      bootstrap
>              This is for compatibility with the pkg(7) bootstrapper.
>              If pkg is already installed, nothing is done.
> 
>              If invoked with the -f flag an attempt will be made to
>              reinstall pkg from remote repository.
> 
> 
> >From pkg(7)
> 
>      pkg bootstrap [-f]
>                     Attempt to bootstrap and do not forward anything to
>                     pkg(8) after it is installed.  If the -f flag is
>                     specified, then pkg(8) will be fetched and installed
>                     regardless if it is already installed.

I was looking for 'man pkg-bootstrap' like 'man pkg-info' or other
pkg commands.

-- 
Steve



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