Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2011 09:14:33 +0800 From: Yue Wu <vanopen@gmail.com> To: ml-freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Question about packages installed via `pkg_add -r` Message-ID: <20110306011433.GA21857@fbsd.t60.cpu> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=_K=q3O3jZZLeDjj9AsckWzu9Sz-Ju7kxhknn9@mail.gmail.com> References: <20110305150436.GA2175@fbsd.t60.cpu> <20110305154817.GQ30336@core.byshenk.net> <4D72A069.90104@FreeBSD.org> <20110306010015.GC4160@fbsd.t60.cpu> <AANLkTi=_K=q3O3jZZLeDjj9AsckWzu9Sz-Ju7kxhknn9@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, Mar 05, 2011 at 08:02:47PM -0500, illoai@gmail.com wrote: > On 5 March 2011 20:00, Yue Wu <vanopen@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello, sorry for poor English, I will try to explan clearer with my > > best. > > > > On Sat, Mar 05, 2011 at 04:48:17PM +0100, Greg Byshenk wrote: > >> On Sat, Mar 05, 2011 at 11:04:36PM +0800, Yue Wu wrote: > >> > >> > I'm trying to use package instead of ports these day, but a few > >> > questions have: > >> > > >> > 1. How to reserve packages that fetched via `pkg_add -r`? > >> > > >> > 2. How to know if there are updates for packages, and how to update? > >> > >> For (1), do you mean 'preserve', as in save a copy? If so, then > >> 'portmaster -b [...]' will save a backup copy of installed packages. > > > > Yes, I mean 'preserve'. I've maned portmaster, seems -b is for a > > installed package, so it will preserve it by packing up the files from a > > installed package, why not preserve it just when fetching with `pkg_add > > -r`? I think it's the best way, I don't like the portmaster way to do it > > after. > > from man 1 pkg_add: > > -K, --keep > Keep any downloaded package in PKGDIR if it is defined or in cur- > rent directory by default. > Thanks, sorry for no attentively reading ;p Another question arises after checking the pkg 'pkg_add' saves, why the pkg doesn't have a version appended to its name, it's hard to know the version the pkg downloaded... -- Regards, Yue Wu Key Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicines Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine China Pharmaceutical University No.24, Tongjia Xiang Street, Nanjing 210009, Chinahome | help
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