Re: ports & package names changing?
From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu (itetcu_at_apropo.ro)
Date: 12/31/03
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Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 15:41:19 +0200 To: fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com
On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 08:30:45 -0500
"fbsd_user" <fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com> wrote:
> Your missing the whole point.
>
> The FBSD handbook says to use
> http://www.freebsd.org/ports/index.html to find port and package
> names and it only shows the names with versions suffix appended to
> the names.
> Pkg_add -r points to directory location with out names with
> versions suffix appended.
>
> >From user view point, pkg_add -r does not work because user is
> entering name with version suffix appended as they are led to
> believe is the correct name as instructed by the FBSD handbook.
>
> The user doesn't know about or cares about what 'Latest' contains.
> All they know is, they can not get pkg_add to work as instructed by
> the handbook.
>
> That's the big problem.
>
> The 'Latest' category needs to be populated with names having the
> version suffix appended.
Would be easier and not-breaking a lot of things if you would submit a
patch for that sections of the handbook that clarifies this ?
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