Strange that something as important as a package management system doesnt have up-to-date/accurate documentation. For example, this is the first item in google search for "FreeBSD pkg" https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/pkgng-intro.html (useful for rudimentary use. This is official https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/pkgng-intro.html , both 23602 characters )
https://github.com/freebsd/pkg which is inaccurate (MANIFEST is not in UCL format) https://wiki.freebsd.org/pkgng also inaccurate MANIFEST is not in YAML format Then I wonder what changes are planned and how can I advocate for FreeBSD to other teams. But there is nothing to describe what changes are planned. So I looked around. Perhaps in bugzilla or github has some clues? But now I find 336 open issues at https://github.com/freebsd/pkg/issues has 263 open issues https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?bug_status=__open__&bug_status=New&bug_status=Open&bug_status=In%20Progress&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&list_id=386277&product=Ports%20%26%20Packages&query_format=advanced&short_desc=ports-mgmt%2Fpkg&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr 73 non-closed issues but there have been 4 releases in October 2020 and 7 in Sept I worry that choosing FreeBSD might be a mistake. This all started because I get pkg: Failed to execute lua script: [string "args = {}..."]:11: attempt to call a nil value (field 'stat') pkg: lua script failed when I add packages on 12.2R, and from https://github.com/freebsd/pkg "Script MUST be in sh format.Nothing else will work." _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
