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On 07/04/13 04:16, bw.mail.lists wrote:
> I'm not sure when it happened, I think since latest pkgng upgrade, 
> version 1.1.3, but pkgng now acts differently in at least two cases.
>
> 1. pkg upgrade -f
> What happens:
>
> -----------------
> /root # pkg upgrade -f
> Updating repository catalogue
> New version of pkg detected; it needs to be installed first.
> After this upgrade it is recommended that you do a full upgrade using: 
> 'pkg upgrade'
>
> Uprgades have been requested for the following 1 packages:
>
>         Reinstalling pkg-1.1.3_1
>
> 0 B to be downloaded
>
> Proceed with upgrading packages [y/N]: n
> -----------------
>
> What I expected to happen (man page quote):
> -f  Force reinstalling/upgrading the whole set of packages
>
> Problem:
> Not sure how to upgrade everything now.
>
I experienced this as well on 1.1.3_1, when using pkg install -fR perl.  
As long as I use -f, it ignores what I ask for every single time and 
tries to reinstall pkg instead.  I encountered this on a system that had 
broken perl modules due to the 5.16.3 upgrade, so I was going to force 
upgrade everything that depends on perl.