Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 22:31:31 -0500 From: Eric van Gyzen <vangyzen@stat.duke.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: pkg_add(1) logic Message-ID: <200210282231.31186.vangyzen@stat.duke.edu>
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The following error message from pkg_add(1) doesn't make sense [to me]: amelia:/var/db/pkg# pkg_add -r bash Fetching ftp://blah/packages/Latest/mysql-client.tgz... Done. pkg_add: package 'mysql-client-3.23.52' or its older version already installed amelia:/var/db/pkg# ls -d mysql-client* mysql-client-3.23.49 Yes, that's correct: an /OLDER/ version is installed. I would like to update to the version on the ftp server. That's why I ran pkg_add. Why does it not update the package without the -f flag? I realize that there is now a pkg_update command, but it lacks the ability to fetch packages -- and their dependencies -- remotely. Would anyone like to explain this logic? Thanks. Eric -- Eric van Gyzen Sr. Systems Programmer, ISDS, Duke University PGP Public Key: http://www.stat.duke.edu/~vangyzen/vangyzen.asc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the messagehelp
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