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

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

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