On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 02:21:58PM -0400, Chuck Robey wrote:
> I can't figure out what you might want from the pkg_info command,
> because I'm working with no package.

Building and installing a port creates a package and installs that
package with pkg_add. So if you're dealing with ports, you're also
dealing with packages. Everything installed from the ports tree is
under control of the pkg_* tools.


> > If you need a browser now, I'd very strongly recommend this:
> > 
> > PKG_PATH=ftp://some.mirror/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/packages/`arch -s`/ \
> >   pkg_add -i seamonkey
> 
> Maybe I'm working on an incorrect assumption, from my FreeBSD
> experience.  I would normally only rely upon things I build myself;
> is that very different in OpenBSD?

Yes. Providing packages is one important goal of our work on the
ports tree. Indeed, it's so important that we care more about
problems with package updates (pkg_add -ui ...) than about problems
with updates out of the ports tree (cd /usr/ports/foo/bar && make
update).

Ciao,
        Kili

-- 
> > Update attached, please test.       -- Michael Knudsen
> the attached tar.gz is 0 bytes.       -- Steven Mestdagh
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