Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 11:19:16 +0100 From: Alberto Villa <avilla@FreeBSD.org> To: Mark Terribile <materribile@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Returning with question about SELECTIVELY updating ports tree Message-ID: <AANLkTimK0Mm3E=D3nn_VBkAsgw%2BY7w97w3cLGg15WTSn@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <928239.73646.qm@web110308.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> References: <4D3626AE.1050709@FreeBSD.org> <928239.73646.qm@web110308.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
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On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 1:33 AM, Mark Terribile <materribile@yahoo.com> wro= te: > When you do that, don't you mess up the "install/uninstall" data? =A0The = new port may not know how to uninstall the old one correctly, or even under= stand that the old one is installed. the "install/uninstall" data, as you call it, is managed by the installed packages, whose database is in /var/db/pkg, it doesn't even read or touch /usr/ports about your first question, i don't understand why you don't want to update the whole tree. unless you want to be able to reinstall ports at the same version they are at the moment (and then you really need the current version of the Makefiles, or at least the built packages), i'd update the whole tree and then update individual ports (and maybe their dependency, when strictly required), keeping all the other updates off or did i completely misunderstand? --=20 Alberto Villa, FreeBSD committer <avilla@FreeBSD.org> http://people.FreeBSD.org/~avilla
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