Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2015 15:52:01 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 198097] pkg-install -R ... description is confusing Message-ID: <bug-198097-9@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=198097 Bug ID: 198097 Summary: pkg-install -R ... description is confusing Product: Documentation Version: Latest Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Only Me Priority: --- Component: Documentation Assignee: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Reporter: mike.543@comcast.net I just updated php5 via pkg. I wanted to assure that pkgs dependent upon the php5 pkg were also updated. So I read the man page for pkg-install and saw the option -R, --from-root When used with -f, reinstalls any packages that require the given package. When I saw the mention of -f, I scratched my head, what was the man page trying to tell me. Not liking to force anything, I ran the command without -f. Here's what I saw: # pkg install -R php5 Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue... FreeBSD repository is up-to-date. All repositories are up-to-date. The following 8 packages will be affected (of 0 checked): Installed packages to be UPGRADED: php5: 5.4.30 -> 5.4.37 php5-gettext: 5.4.30 -> 5.4.37 squirrelmail: 20140420 -> 20141107 php5-session: 5.4.30 -> 5.4.37 php5-xml: 5.4.30 -> 5.4.37 php5-openssl: 5.4.30 -> 5.4.37 php5-hash: 5.4.30 -> 5.4.37 php5-mbstring: 5.4.30 -> 5.4.37 The process will require 14 KiB more space. 3 MiB to be downloaded. Proceed with this action? [y/N]: y [lots of installation output removed] That is exactly what I wanted to happen, i.e., install php5 and install all the pkgs that are dependent upon it. So now I wonder, what is the purpose of the -f option, if I the dependent packages were installed by just specifying -R. Obviously, I'm confused and may not have read the intent of the -R documentation correctly. Maybe it can be clarified to better explain what happens with and without the -f being specified? -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
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