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

On 2023-03-05 9:36, Ian Smith wrote:
> 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)

On a fresh jail with just base installed:

# which pkg
/usr/sbin/pkg
# pkg config ABI
The package management tool is not yet installed on your system.
Do you want to fetch and install it now? [y/N]:
# pkg -N
pkg: pkg is not installed
# pkg -N -vv
pkg: pkg is not installed

The functionality you, Dan, et al are quoting is only available after 
bootstraping pkg.  Yes, once it's bootstrapped getting the ABI string is 
easy.

Maybe "when there are no pkgs installed" wasn't clear?