Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2020 14:45:31 +1100 From: Mikhail Holt <mikhail.k.holt@gmail.com> To: freebsd-pkg@freebsd.org Subject: Packages from the quarterly repository Message-ID: <5E48BADB.2090400@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5E4346EA.2090308@gmail.com> References: <5E4346EA.2090308@gmail.com>
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On 12/02/2020 00:29, Mikhail Holt wrote: >> ?I assume https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:12:amd64/quarterly will have >> been rebuilt from https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/branches/2020Q2/. >Correct. OK, good. >> ?If so, when installing the new package: >> ?- Will I get any warning prompt about it? >No, there's no warning that the quarterly package set was built from a >new branch since your previous update. You will see that there are a >lot more package updates at that time, and the change of quarterly >branches is always done promptly each 3 months so it's easily predictable. Hmmm... OK. >> ?- Can I cancel the install without any changes being made? >Yes. `pkg upgrade` will stop and ask you if you want to proceed unless >you pre-answer that question with either the '-y' or '-n' options. OK, good. >Verb. sap. you will have a much better experience with pkg(8) if you >don't try and pick nd choose what to update. Just upgrade to all the >latest available packages. Mostly this "just works" but there obviously >can be occasional problems; the best way to mitigate that risk is to use >features like Boot Environments or ZFS snapshotting so you can roll your >filesystem back to a previous state until the package problems can be fixed. Thanks for the suggestion(s). > Cheers, > Matthew
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