Kurt Jaeger wrote: > Hi! > > Michelle wrote: > >> ports (post pkg) from source: exactly the same problems as pre-pkg plus >> occasionally the DB would get corrupted and then you have to nuke the >> entire package system from orbit and reinstall all the ports. >> > > Interestingly, I had my cases of strange dependencies chains, but > I can't remember a case where the pkg-db was really trashed to no > longer function. > > The more recent pkg versions are very robust for my use cases. > > It was earlyish (first 6-9 months) in the "you're going to use this now whether you like it or not and whether it works or not phase".. since then I've made the ports system work with pkg_tools again so no longer have anything to do with pkg. Its a good stop-gap until I can get the build environment integrated into the CentOS one @ $employer.
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