pkgng intro doc problem

[Allan Jude]

On 2015-08-27 12:02, Chris wrote:
> Hi
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> 
> Just to let you know following the hendbook here doesnt work cleanly.
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> https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/pkgng-intro.html
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> Here is the output on a clean installed FreeBSD 9.3 machine, note the error
> that pops up bold highlighted.
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> I ran pkg info at the end, to verify no existing ports are installed.
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> "root at test:/home/cc # pkg
> 
> The package management tool is not yet installed on your system.
> 
> Do you want to fetch and install it now? [y/N]: y
> 
> Bootstrapping pkg from pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/freebsd:9:x86:64/latest,
> please wait...
> 
> Verifying signature with trusted certificate pkg.freebsd.org.2013102301...
> done
> 
> Installing pkg-1.5.6...
> 
> Extracting pkg-1.5.6: 100%
> 
> Message for pkg-1.5.6:
> 
> If you are upgrading from the old package format, first run:
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>   # pkg2ng
> 
> pkg: not enough arguments
> 
> Usage: pkg [-v] [-d] [-l] [-N] [-j <jail name or id>|-c <chroot path>|-r
> <rootdir>] [-C <configuration file>] [-R <repo config dir>] [-o var=value]
> [-4|-6] <command> [<args>]
> 
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> For more information on available commands and options see 'pkg help'.
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> root at test:/home/cc # pkg2ng
> 
> Converting packages from /var/db/pkg
> 
> Analysing shared libraries, this will take a while... 
> 
> Checking all packages: 100%
> 
> root at test:/home/cc # pkg info
> 
> pkg-1.5.6                      Package manager
> 
> root at test:/home/cc #"
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> Regards
> 
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> 
> Chris
> 
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pkg2ng is only required if you are upgrading a system that used the old
package system.

By default, a fresh install has no packages, that is expected.


-- 
Allan Jude

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