From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 6 01:55:21 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8899106564A for ; Sun, 6 Mar 2011 01:55:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from illoai@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f54.google.com (mail-fx0-f54.google.com [209.85.161.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 777BE8FC14 for ; Sun, 6 Mar 2011 01:55:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm19 with SMTP id 19so3637994fxm.13 for ; Sat, 05 Mar 2011 17:55:20 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=0ackfre7HsOV6bHD7rpHK76ihMYownxUtbyHnt08rJs=; b=fYBVudRbA7YYW+sSiR501SqW3k4Um0R9UFZdxb8/6Rf+vXuGipvT1M+j0awdyWWGFr Mi7R56NxZ1cSOF9yg2vBB5Lel3/5u9wO4dnpZ0SyCxEwo5SRizPWpnygS/kejcrwYQQJ Yiw1GI/XcBLWRqNHkZJ6h4g401KQqc5MEx3p4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=l8dcJIAlBAp+MEc+sfCEu/4cPLGa9SxOsjrpw1wxUK4cYedl+8Q2rp70SNccqplrSg qCsf9yaB33XpJ2av2kRzjKUNjSaRCTcmHmu1ktkRu/jnhBEEWB9E50SYRVd9DwjvxEAn ctFUTMTq+WaPfuD9My3+RM8QVmG3K/1NHINMQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.14.137 with SMTP id g9mr564462faa.2.1299376007574; Sat, 05 Mar 2011 17:46:47 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.96.203 with HTTP; Sat, 5 Mar 2011 17:46:47 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20110306011433.GA21857@fbsd.t60.cpu> References: <20110305150436.GA2175@fbsd.t60.cpu> <20110305154817.GQ30336@core.byshenk.net> <4D72A069.90104@FreeBSD.org> <20110306010015.GC4160@fbsd.t60.cpu> <20110306011433.GA21857@fbsd.t60.cpu> Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2011 20:46:47 -0500 Message-ID: From: "illoai@gmail.com" To: Yue Wu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: ml-freebsd-stable Subject: Re: Question about packages installed via `pkg_add -r` X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2011 01:55:22 -0000 On 5 March 2011 20:14, Yue Wu wrote: > On Sat, Mar 05, 2011 at 08:02:47PM -0500, illoai@gmail.com wrote: >> On 5 March 2011 20:00, Yue Wu 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? =A0If 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_ad= d >> > -r`? I think it's the best way, I don't like the portmaster way to do = it >> > after. >> >> from man 1 pkg_add: >> >> =A0 =A0 =A0-K, --keep >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Keep any downloaded package in PKGDIR if it i= s defined or in cur- >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0rent 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... Without digging in too deeply (I use ports, so I'm not the _most_ knowledgeable on packages) I believe it has to do with the fact that the packages are symlinked to non- versioned names on the distribution server(s), probably to simplify fetching. The packages themselves should have the version information in their metadata somewhere, which might be possible to rename via script. I apologise if that isn't helpful. --=20 --