Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 12:44:12 +0800 From: Calvin NG <calvinng@brel.com> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FWIW: pkg_alert development (was: Re: pkg/port dependency tool (enclosed)) Message-ID: <20010425124412.E8030@brel.com> In-Reply-To: <20010424211314.A98683@xor.obsecurity.org>; from kris@obsecurity.org on Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 09:13:14PM -0700 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104230806060.27435-100000@wildside.wagsky.com> <20010423231827.A19530@rand.tgd.net> <20010424142340.E5216@brel.com> <20010424014833.B19530@rand.tgd.net> <20010424210517.L12643@bushong.net> <20010424211314.A98683@xor.obsecurity.org>
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Greetings, okay, does it fetch+build+install the packages in the ports?? or download+install the binary packages?? I much prefer to do a local build, than to use something that works like rpm. I do like the "propagating dependencies from the replaced versions " bit very very much. Regards, /calvin lines with :> are quotes from Kris Kennaway's email :> On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 09:05:17PM -0700, David Bushong wrote: :> > I noted this a bit earlier, but if someone's looking for a tool with this sort :> > of functionality, I'm casually maintaining one called "pkg_upgrade": :> :> You people really should check around more before starting new projects :-( :> :> PKG_UPDATE(1) FreeBSD General Commands Manual PKG_UPDATE(1) :> :> NAME :> pkg_update - update an installed package :> :> SYNOPSIS :> pkg_update [-nv] [-r oldpkg] newpkg.tgz :> :> DESCRIPTION :> The pkg_update command is used to update an already installed package. :> It takes care of propagating dependencies from the replaced versions to :> the newly installed version. It would normally be used to replace all :> currently installed versions of a package with a more current version. :> It can also be used to revert a package to an older version by specifying :> the version to be replaced with the -r option. :> :> The following options are available: :> ... :> :> :-) :> :> This utility is still pretty experimental and hasn't had much testing, :> but it's present in 4.3. Perhaps you could work with Paul Richards :> (the author) on improving it? :> :> Kris To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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