Re: pkg_add on Linux doesn't look up pkg_summary.bz2/gz?

[Mayuresh <mayuresh%acm.org@localhost>]

On Fri, Sep 19, 2025 at 06:28:36PM +0100, Jonathan Perkin wrote:
> pkg_install does not use pkg_summary, that's what pkgin is for.

'pkgin list' does not seem to show all packages I have in the pkg_summary,
shows only a subset. Why could that be?

BTW a few observations:

- I do not find 'man pkgin'

- bootstrap does not install pkgin. So some additional instructions needed
  to users who are not pkgsrc-savvy, to install pkgin after bootstrap and
  configure the repositories.

- pkg_add works well with local filesystem. For a remote file system all
  it needs is the file listing or pkg_summary. If it could do that, it
  will save having to instruct the users to install and configure pkgin.

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Mayuresh