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Date:      Wed, 15 Jan 2014 13:24:01 -0700 (MST)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        Paul Hoffman <phoffman@proper.com>
Cc:        freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: The Handbook doc on "pkg" is badly out of date
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1401151322090.83038@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <1AD4F981-7EB6-4959-A773-560C9617839E@proper.com>
References:  <1AD4F981-7EB6-4959-A773-560C9617839E@proper.com>

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On Wed, 15 Jan 2014, Paul Hoffman wrote:

> It now seems like the normal workflow for people who want to use "pkg" is:
>
> - Hear about pkg
> - Find the information in the Handbook at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/pkgng-intro.html
> - Install following those directions
> - Get mysterious messages while following those directions
> - Google the messages
> - Discover https://wiki.freebsd.org/pkgng
> - Make those changes
> - Carry on
>
> This seems kind of non-optimal. Can the Handbook be fixed to deal with the newer way "pkg" runs?

The mysterious messages were due to a a default configuration file which 
I think is not installed with the latest version of pkg.  I switched a 
9.2 system over to pkg a couple of days ago, and did what the Handbook 
says--really, just install pkg and run pkg2ng--and did not see those 
messages.



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