Re: pkgconfig changes

[Alistair Crooks <agc%pkgsrc.org@localhost>]

Yeah, I think there's a slight disconnect here - the pkg_install that
is used in pkgsrc had a huge number of substantial changes, followed
by a rewrite in 2007, which resulted in there being a huge number of
changes between the version that was used in FreeBSD ports and the
pkgsrc variant. Same name, different implementations. I have no idea
why FreeBSD did a rewrite, and didn't use the pkgsrc version.

The last version of pkg I tried to compile on NetBSD had issues with
the getpass functionality, and wouldn't compile out of the box (so the
"known to work on" is a bit misleading).

pkg doesn't keep nearly the same amount of metadata about packages
that the pkgsrc pkg_install tools do (try pkg_info -b and pkg_info -B
sometime), and has no openpgp signature verification, to name but two
differences.

Regards,
Alistair

On 15 April 2016 at 21:37, Thomas Mueller <mueller6724%bellsouth.net@localhost> wrote:
>>> True, but why don't you just pkg_delete pkg-config?  In general, package
>>> installs don't auto-force-uninstall conflicting packages.
>
>> I did, but isn't it worth fixing because lots of people use
>> pkg_rolling-replace or make update?
>
>> John
>
> With FreeBSD ports it is possible to update a package when the name has changed, with either portupgrade or portmaster, maybe also synth.
>
> There is also pkg which has a function to change the effective name of a package, among many other things.
>
> I think pkg has been imported to NetBSD with pkgsrc, though the pkgsrc version is behind the FreeBSD version.
>
> FreeBSD switched from pkg_* tools, same as what NetBSD uses, to pkgng.
>
> From  https://wiki.freebsd.org/pkgng
>
> there is a link to https://github.com/freebsd/pkg/blob/master/README.md
>
> Excerpt:
>
> pkg - a binary package manager for FreeBSD
>
> Known to fully work on (official package manager):
>
>     FreeBSD
>     DragonflyBSD
>
> Known to work on (has been ported to):
>
>     Linux
>     NetBSD/EdgeBSD
>     OpenBSD/Bitrig
>     OSX
>
>
>
> Tom
>