> On 19/06/2017 01:04, Thomas Mueller wrote: > > Looking through the man page for pkg, I see there is still an entry for > > convert ("pkg help convert" or "man pkg-convert").
> DESCRIPTION > > pkg convert is used to convert from/to pkg(8) local database to legacy > > pkg_install tools format. > OPTIONS > > The following options are supported by pkg convert: > > -d pkg_dbdir, --pkg-dbdir pkg_dbdir > > The location of the pkg_add(1) dbdir. Defaults to /var/db/pkg. > > -n, --dry-run > > Dry-run mode. Do not actually convert anything. Just show > > what > > would be done. > > What is this? Looks obsolete to me, I thought the legacy pkg_install tools > > format was long gone with no going back. > > I tried this with -n (dry-run) just for curiosity, and naturally it didn't > > work: > > I got > > pkg: Unable to open plist file: > > /var/db/pkg/texlive-texmf-20150523_3/+CONTENTS > > Skipping invalid package: /var/db/pkg/texlive-texmf-20150523_3 > > and many more like that. > > If this legacy functionality is long gone, why is it still in the man page > > or "pkg help convert"? > > I saw it as recently as 11.1-PRERELEASE. > I believe the documentation is somewhat inaccurate: pkg-convert(8) will > convert the old pkg_tools format to pkg(8), but not the reverse. > Yes, this is pretty much of legacy interest only nowadays, but I suspect > there are still 8.x machines needing upgrade here and there. > Cheers, > Matthew Actually, I have an old FreeBSD 8.2 installation on a 40 GB IDE hard drive, MBR with legacy FreeBSD bsdlabel on MBR slice 4, not enough maneuvering space for any upgrading. I had the later thought, pkg is also in NetBSD pkgsrc, maybe pkg convert in NetBSD, but I would be inclined to try only on a system already messed up sufficiently that there is nothing further to lose. Or one can use pkgsrc (ouch!) with FreeBSD with old pkg_* tools and decide to switch to FreeBSD pkgng format. Tom _______________________________________________ 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"