pkgng deviates from defaults?

[Chris H]

On Mon, 9 Mar 2015 15:07:39 +0000 Mike Clarke <jmc-freebsd2 at milibyte.co.uk>
wrote

> On Mon, 09 Mar 2015 07:04:30 -0700
> "Chris H" <bsd-lists at bsdforge.com> wrote:
> 
> > You might be able to avoid the issue you're having, by using:
> > DEFAULT_VERSIONS+=php=5.5
> > in your make.conf(5) (/etc/make.conf) file.
> 
> As far as I know this won't have any effect on pkg.
Bummer. Sorry to hear that.
Seems like there *should* be a way in pkg(8) to honor
DEFAULT_VERSIONS
not that there is a way now. But that there *should* be
a way, in the (near?) future. :-)

Thanks for the heads up, Mike.

--Chris
> 
> If the OP wishes to use pkg then the only option is to switch to using
> php5.6. This will involve uninstalling all the php5.5 packages and
> reinstalling default php5.6 versions. I went through this process
> recently and described the steps involved in questions@
> <https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2015-March/264525.html
> > 
>
> -- 
> Mike Clarke
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