On 5/12/07, Andy Kosela <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi all,
I would like to present to you the new utility to deal with the ports
system. The main goal of this project is to provide one common tool
for managing ports and packages instead of relying on many
applications (pkg_add, pkg_delete, pkg_info, pkg_version etc.).
Actually it is a smart wrapper written in /bin/sh to the previously
mentioned applications. It also uses external tool portmaster written
also in /bin/sh by Doug Barton to work with the ports compiled from
source. Pkg tool automates upgrading installed packages, outputs
valuable information about packages/ports and overall simplifies
working with the FreeBSD Ports Collection. It uses no external
databases like portupgrade, just simplicity and minimalism are its
main goals.
You can test the latest version by installing the package from here
http://home.si.rr.com/pyn/pf/pkg-1.1.tbz
I commited pkg-1.0 with send-pr to the ports tree a few days ago. It
is awaiting approval...
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=ports/112572
Feel free to send any suggestions, new ideas and of course bug
reports...
First of all, can you consider renaming it to something
less ambitious? A tool named pkg is already present in
some other systems (e.g. pkgjam in NetBSD). It would be
a pity to see your tool, however marvelous it is,
squatter the name just because it was the earliest one.
That said, your tool is very welcome.
P.S. You wanted to post your message to ports@, not
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc fixed.
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