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[John Marino]

On 3/28/2014 15:45, John Marino wrote:
> On 3/28/2014 15:40, Ludo Beckers wrote:
>> Since that page says: <<To ensure *pkgng* on a DragonFly BSD 3.4 or
>> higher system is ready for use, run the following BEFORE you try to use
>> |pkg| the first time:>>
>>
>> I took out the DragonFly from the VM and loaded it fresh.
>>
>> Then after
>>
>> |# cd /usr
>> # make dports-create
> 
> I think somebody edited that page.
> loading dports is NOT required.
> It is not even encouraged.
> 
> Damn it.
> 
> all you'd need to do is bootstrap pkg, but I thought you already had pkg
> installed???
> 

FYI, I confirm the page has now been modified to be incorrect.  For example:


> To bootstrap pkgng with a download on a very old version of DragonFly that is still using pkgsrc run:
> 
> # make pkg-bootstrap
> # rehash
> # pkg-static install -y pkg
> # rehash


That is exactly wrong.  That's the procedure for every version on DF if
pkg is not already on the system.

John