> 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
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