Re: Problem with pkg_add after sysupgrade

tetrosalame <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.openbsd.misc
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On Tue, May 26, 2026 at 10:25:25PM -0000, Stuart Henderson wrote:
> On 2026-05-23, Petre Rodan <[email protected]> wrote:
> > just wondering, with all due respect, were there any plans in the past to borrow the pkg application from FreeBSD?
> 
> no.

[...]

> > also not depending on an interpreted language would be a bonus if you ask me.
> 
> and others might prefer an interpreted language (that's in base and
> available on all openbsd platforms) to something like C for this type of
> application.

May I add that, from a simple user point of view, OpenBSD's pkg_* family
is *much* simpler to use than FreeBSD's pkg?
Marc Espie and the other OpenBSD developers work hard to hide complexity
behind a simple user interface: I'm grateful for that.
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