Do Not Mislead About Removing /usr/local/etc/pkg.conf During Upgrade

[vermaden]

Often during upgrade of pkg(8) packages this happens:

# pkg upgrade
Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
FreeBSD repository is up to date.
Updating FreeBSD-kmods repository catalogue...
FreeBSD-kmods repository is up to date.
All repositories are up to date.
New version of pkg detected; it needs to be installed first.
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
The following 1 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):

Installed packages to be UPGRADED:
        pkg: 2.6.2 -> 2.6.2_1 [FreeBSD]

Number of packages to be upgraded: 1

Proceed with this action? [y/N]: y
[1/1] Upgrading pkg from 2.6.2 to 2.6.2_1...
[1/1] Extracting pkg-2.6.2_1: 100%
You may need to manually remove /usr/local/etc/pkg.conf if it is no longer needed.
(...)

The line:

You may need to manually remove /usr/local/etc/pkg.conf if it is no longer needed.

Should NOT be printed if pkg(8) package is upgraded.

Inexperienced user will read that literally and will remove the /usr/local/etc/pkg.conf file.

Regards,
vermaden

[arrowd]

Why should this be specific to pkg only?

Inexperienced user will read that literally and will remove the /usr/local/etc/pkg.conf file.

That's how one becomes an experienced user. The message says "if it is no longer needed" so it is a user' responsibility to figure if the config is really needed.