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Authored by allanjude on Sep 6 2014, 6:28 PM.
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wblock
bcr
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Replace all occurances of 'pkgng' with 'pkg'
Kept existing xml:id's to avoid breaking external links to the documentation
Sanitized the documentation of references to pkg_add
Clarify the pkg2ng is not a required step on newer systems

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allanjude retitled this revision from to Stop calling it pkgng.
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Some small things I've found. Overall, I like it. Thanks for the sweep to remove the old names.

en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml
664

so THAT the new tools... ?

680

used ANYMORE.

en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml
680

is 'should no longer be used' better?

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en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml
680

yes, that works, too. For me, at least. ;-)
I guess these tools will either cease to function completely or removed entirely soon, so this is not such a big wording deal.

This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Sep 6 2014, 8:03 PM

Committed as rD45559 and rD45561 because I missed some files with the first commit