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Subject: bin/72485: pkg_add -r unnecessarily downloads package
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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:

	


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