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@@ -6,6 +6,30 @@ You should get into the habit of checking this file for changes each time you update your ports collection, before attempting any port upgrades. 20130627: + AFFECTS: users of ports-mgmt/portmaster + AUTHOR: bdrewery@FreeBSD.org + + Since June 22nd, portmaster no longer relies on 'WITH_PKGNG' to be defined, + or ports to be checked out to enable pkgng support. + + It now considers whether or not pkg is installed and registered with itself. + + I.e., if this returns data, pkgng is considered in use: + + # pkg info pkg + + It's possible that you may have tested pkgng in the past, ran pkg2ng, and + never fully committed to it by setting WITH_PKGNG. If this is the case, + uninstall pkg with pkg_info/pkg_delete and also remove the stale database, + rm /var/db/pkg/local.sqlite. + + This could manifest itself as portmaster -L showing the wrong versions, or + portmaster no longer detecting installed packages correctly. + + Note that PORTS still require WITH_PKGNG=yes in make.conf if you are not + running CURRENT. + +20130627: AFFECTS: users of net/samba36 AUTHOR: timur@FreeBSD.org |