Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 08:19:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Nehal Mistry <nehalmistry@gmx.net> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: bin/72485: pkg_add -r unnecessarily downloads package Message-ID: <200410101519.i9AFJ7RK002282@Nehal.Home> Resent-Message-ID: <200410101530.i9AFUQWh019411@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 72485 >Category: bin >Synopsis: pkg_add -r unnecessarily downloads package >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Oct 10 15:30:25 GMT 2004 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Nehal Mistry >Release: FreeBSD 5.3-BETA7 i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD Nehal 5.3-BETA7 FreeBSD 5.3-BETA7 #0: Sat Oct 2 21:01:00 UTC 2004 root@wv1u.samsco.home:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >Description: 'pkg_add -r' first retrieves the package, and then checks to see if a package by the same name is already installed. it would be more convenient if it did the check first, so it doesn't waste time/bandwidth downloading if not necessary. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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