On 3/28/2014 15:45, John Marino wrote: > On 3/28/2014 15:40, Ludo Beckers wrote: >> Since that page says: <<To ensure *pkgng* on a DragonFly BSD 3.4 or >> higher system is ready for use, run the following BEFORE you try to use >> |pkg| the first time:>> >> >> I took out the DragonFly from the VM and loaded it fresh. >> >> Then after >> >> |# cd /usr >> # make dports-create > > I think somebody edited that page. > loading dports is NOT required. > It is not even encouraged. > > Damn it. > > all you'd need to do is bootstrap pkg, but I thought you already had pkg > installed??? >
FYI, I confirm the page has now been modified to be incorrect. For example: > To bootstrap pkgng with a download on a very old version of DragonFly that is > still using pkgsrc run: > > # make pkg-bootstrap > # rehash > # pkg-static install -y pkg > # rehash That is exactly wrong. That's the procedure for every version on DF if pkg is not already on the system. John
