Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2001 21:08:48 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: Paul Richards <paul@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/pkg_install/update pkg_update.pl Message-ID: <20010901210848.A80420@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <20010901173230.A17955@xor.obsecurity.org>; from kris@obsecurity.org on Sat, Sep 01, 2001 at 05:32:30PM -0700 References: <200012300014.eBU0E1238805@freefall.freebsd.org> <20010902012740.A11122@tao.org.uk> <20010901173230.A17955@xor.obsecurity.org>
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On Sat, Sep 01, 2001 at 05:32:30PM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote: > Is there any remaining need for this pkg_update implementation now > that knu's portupgrade does such a complete job? Yes. Packages are too much a part of FreeBSD that a [minimal] complete set of pkg_* utils must be in the base system. If `portupgrade' was written in something supported by the base system, then it could replace `pkg_update'. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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