Re: How do I determine the ABI string used by pkg?

From: Ian Smith <smithi_at_nimnet.asn.au>
Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2023 17:36:08 UTC
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";

cheers, Ian  (ports@ removed from ccs)