Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2026 11:40:47 +0000 From: Larry Fahnoe <fahnoe@fahnoetech.com> To: Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> Cc: Alexander Ziaee <ziaee@FreeBSD.org>, vermaden <vermaden@interia.pl>, Lexi Winter <ivy@freebsd.org>, freebsd-pkgbase <freebsd-pkgbase@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: None of "man freebsd-base" (or "man pkgbase"), "man pkg-upgrade", or "man pkg-install" deal with documenting .pkgsave and/or .pkgnew behavior or how to handle such Message-ID: <Ixz2bfOmtE-ie9vz-GXnrp94AUzVwaDhHCR2wv_hk1hQ1KGOgFcgrmOebmRCsBlMvo-jivXDu3yZQtE3vIIbr5-v6KtudANkIhwjkeDgyyc=@fahnoetech.com> In-Reply-To: <03d3d0aa-4dd0-4732-a4a8-0aca88b49263@yahoo.com> References: <whswxsmftdottbdvxpzb@npvv> <E1we7RC-0002ry-2u@rmmprod06.runbox> <03d3d0aa-4dd0-4732-a4a8-0aca88b49263@yahoo.com>
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On Monday, June 29th, 2026 at 10:00 AM, Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> wrote: > I have suggested elsewhere that the last of the output from those > commands should probably list the counts of each of *.pkgnew and > *.pkgave such files generated for any where the count is positive. That > would make a good prompt to go looking --and allow avoiding looking when > none were generated. I would second this comment/suggestion, particularly for those who are newer or less familiar with FreeBSD update practices. My system admin experience comes from other platforms (VMS, linux and other unix) so I have been paying attention to the conversations that are mentioning the *.pkgnew and *.pkgsave files as they seem a bit less intuitive than on the other platforms. For some it may be natural to go looking for these leftover telltales but they may represent important but neglected potential time-bombs for the less familiar. --Larryhome | help
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