On Aug 23, 2012, at 9:57 PM, Eitan Adler wrote: > On 23 August 2012 18:19, Steve Wills <swi...@freebsd.org> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> It seems to me that renaming the pkg binary in /usr/sbin/pkg to >> /usr/sbin/pkg-bootstrap would make sense. From a user standpoint, it is >> confusing that running the command gets different results the second time it >> is run vs. the first time. I can imagine a user saying "I ran pkg, but it >> didn't do what they said it would. Now I run it again, and it does do what >> it is supposed to." Also, it would enable setting up a pkg-bootstrap man >> page separate from the pkg man page, without confusion about which one >> you're looking at. >> >> So, opinions? There may still be time to fix it for 9.1 if we can decide >> quickly. > > no opinion on the name, but imho there should be *something* called > "pkg" on a fresh system. Users will install a new system, follow some > random how-to, and not realize they missed a step. If the default > package errors with exit code 1 and says "run pkgbootstrap first" that > is okay too.
Why can't one of those steps be to run "pkg-bootstrap"? Steve _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
