Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2023 13:48:05 -0500 From: Dan Langille <dan@langille.org> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How do I determine the ABI string used by pkg? Message-ID: <8d8d515f-5ecf-c838-a17a-cc6cbb3218b9@langille.org> In-Reply-To: <C238B683-4BBD-46F3-94DA-043ADA8BD2ED@nimnet.asn.au> References: <32d2e376-3f89-0588-316d-801d4cbf0b44@bluerosetech.com> <4DF870F0-89D5-45AA-B66C-93D2D1C0DD5E@nimnet.asn.au> <b3e9f8a6-e91e-e2dc-0bc4-36df118fdffe@langille.org> <C238B683-4BBD-46F3-94DA-043ADA8BD2ED@nimnet.asn.au>
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Ian Smith wrote on 3/5/23 12:36 PM: > On 6 March 2023 3:03:23 am AEDT, Dan Langille <dan@langille.org> wrote: > > Ian Smith wrote on 3/5/23 12:09 AM: > > > On 2 March 2023 6:50:13 pm AEDT, Mel Pilgrim > > <list_freebsd@bluerosetech.com> wrote: > > > > > I need to determine the ABI string pkg uses on a given system, > > and > > > > need to do so when there are no pkgs installed. > > > > > > # pkg -N -vv | grep ABI > > > Will that install pkg "when there are no pkgs installed", the key > > requirement of the question? > > No; using 'pkg -N' when no packages are installed, /usr/sbin/pkg won't attempt to bootstrap (i.e. install pkg*.pkg as /usr/local/sbin/pkg) but -vv still prints, here: > > ABI = "FreeBSD:12:amd64"; > ALTABI = "FreeBSD:12:x86:64"; > Perhaps OP meant when pkg is not installed, because that's what I thought was intended. root@empty_tester:/ # pkg -N -vv | grep ABI pkg: pkg is not installed -- Dan Langille dan@langille.org : https://langille.org/
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