From ce8324b4515079f0d96a30290d12c1c2f8f46f21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bryan Drewery Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 20:16:01 +0000 Subject: Add note on portmaster+pkgng changes --- UPDATING | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+) (limited to 'UPDATING') diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING index 6154375dd4a4..b18cc1d2e6e5 100644 --- a/UPDATING +++ b/UPDATING @@ -5,6 +5,30 @@ they are unavoidable. 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 -- cgit v1.2.3