From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 6 02:09:26 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 AC4791065670 for ; Sun, 6 Mar 2011 02:09:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vanopen@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gw0-f44.google.com (mail-gw0-f44.google.com [74.125.83.44]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B8AB8FC12 for ; Sun, 6 Mar 2011 02:09:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gwaa18 with SMTP id a18so2979419gwa.17 for ; Sat, 05 Mar 2011 18:09:25 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:date:from:to:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-type:content-disposition :content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to:organization :x-operating-system:user-agent; bh=ngb7hSgW4IxU28RZp2h7XGiniRhDpidmIy7SL1GofyU=; b=jKvXuzwf3GMn9qaOITzJgyXglMaJWlEJAYSPEn9A4fu7Gw7682q0iRRZRNiv/a9V4Y d7UPpmjOZGplqnzRgw7TluU0NrYvTOdgd9VI6+Q2zBLHK1mG93ni0o3Ki66bgjIJRL09 szsPnMqQI7/1UpnoLxpGoIp5DCutYRrVSHhVk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:content-transfer-encoding :in-reply-to:organization:x-operating-system:user-agent; b=Yv8P2TN9Llq093iRQcw0C/JddZtczVrg5XATHrFy0rXAvHnAtMJ0Nr+kU2jrEN/M4F +8DrCm3sF9dz5AmT/uj00YYGQbqVBw7ssmOLkWMugoPKJH38iFU3jf7VTtZpoFzXmEdC aWo6tVLZ/vd7GYvn1nvWcSo1SCE8MebDB7iUk= Received: by 10.91.202.2 with SMTP id e2mr3067893agq.135.1299377365362; Sat, 05 Mar 2011 18:09:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from fbsd.t60.cpu ([221.6.39.130]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id d14sm1579150ana.0.2011.03.05.18.09.22 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 05 Mar 2011 18:09:24 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2011 10:09:17 +0800 From: Yue Wu To: ml-freebsd-stable Message-ID: <20110306020917.GA90894@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> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: Organization: China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 8.2-PRERELEASE i386 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) 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 02:09:26 -0000 On Sat, Mar 05, 2011 at 08:46:47PM -0500, illoai@gmail.com wrote: > 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?  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... > > 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. Thank you for info, I got the reason :) ports with portmaster makes pkg installation mangement be much more flexiable and more friendly than package by pkg_add -r on FreeBSD, except that ports take much more time and resource. After trying with packages, I think I have to stick to ports. -- Regards, Yue Wu Key Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicines Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine China Pharmaceutical University No.24, Tongjia Xiang Street, Nanjing 210009, China