On 8/23/2012 3:19 PM, Steve Wills wrote:
> Hi,
>
> It seems to me that renaming the pkg binary in /usr/sbin/pkg to
> /usr/sbin/pkg-bootstrap would make sense. From a user standpoint, it is
> confusing that running the command gets different results the second time it
> is run vs. the first time. I can imagine a user saying "I ran pkg, but it
> didn't do what they said it would. Now I run it again, and it does do what
> it is supposed to." Also, it would enable setting up a pkg-bootstrap man page
> separate from the pkg man page, without confusion about which one you're
> looking at.
>
> So, opinions? There may still be time to fix it for 9.1 if we can decide
> quickly.
Yes please.
Every time in the past that we have talked about moving the pkg_* tools
to the ports the corresponding change for the base was to have a
pkg_bootstrap tool that was a use once and forget kind of thing. I was
quite surprised when sbin/pkg was added, but since people tell me I
already comment on too much, I decided to wait and see what others thought.
Doug
--
I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do
something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what
I can do.
-- Edward Everett Hale, (1822 - 1909)
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