Re: Current status of pkg and synth in pkgsrc?

["Thomas Mueller" <mueller6725%twc.com@localhost>]

On 22.05.2017 00:06, Thomas Mueller wrote:
> What is the current status of pkgtools/pkg for NetBSD?

> Has anybody tried it, or do NetBSD users use pkgsrc in the traditional way, as documented in www.pkgsrc.org?

> I was curious about pkgtools/synth, recently ported to NetBSD, but don't really want to try anything too experimental if I am the only one.  Then if something goes bad and I need help, there is no community to help me.

> Or am I better to stick with traditional pkgsrc tools on NetBSD, as documented in www.pkgsrc.org and the NetBSD and pkgsrc guides?


> Tom

Kamil Rytarowski responded:

> The only user I'm aware of is https://github.com/jrmarino/pkgsrc-synth

That makes me wonder about the future of synth, or for that matter pkg imported from FreeBSD to replace NetBSD native pkg-* tools.

A case of "Your guess is as good as mine"?


Tom