Sam Fourman Jr. wrote: >> And for the portsnap users? >> >> >> > In short, this change doesn't directly effect portsnap users. > Sure about that? > Portsnap is a tool that used to obtain a copy of the ports tree. > try this: portsnap fetch update && cd /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/pkg && make install If you *haven't* install pkg first... > Portsnap is only one way, another way to get a copy of the ports tree is by > using subversion and checking it out by using the svn command. > Not much good if you haven't installed svn already... > pkg(8) is a package management tool, and to make use of most packages > having a copy of the ports tree is not required. > > Correct, take a 9.2 install disk, install it, portsnap and then install pkg on it... Oh wait, you can't.. pkg_install is broken, and 9.2 install disks don't have pkg in the BaseOS.... -- Michelle Sullivan http://www.mhix.org/Received on Mon Sep 01 2014 - 23:51:35 UTC
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