Do I want to switch to the new pkg(8) format?

[Warren Block]

On Fri, 26 Dec 2014, Chris Stankevitz wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 26, 2014 at 3:35 PM, Warren Block <wblock at wonkity.com> wrote:
>>> How do I use pkg to upgrade all of my ports?  I think you said "use
>>> pkg for all package management operations"
>>
>>
>> I'm fairly sure I did not say that. :)
>
> Early in this thread you said "No, both binary packages and ports
> require pkg now.  It is the only supported package management tool,
> and installing ports *is* installing packages." -- that is what got me
> going but apparently I misunderstood.

To clarify: the old package management system (pkg_* commands) is no 
longer supported.  Whether you install from ports or binary packages, 
pkg is now required.  Or rather, the old pkg_* commands and database are 
no longer supported and do not work with the current version of the 
ports tree.

Something I've been meaning to do was a sort of mini-FAQ on pkg.  It 
might help here:
http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/pkg.html

(Thanks to robak on IRC for suggestions!)