Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 17:24:24 -0700 From: Eric Melville <eric@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: upgrading packages Message-ID: <20010524172424.A27572@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20010520180735.C81453@FreeBSD.org>; from eric@FreeBSD.org on Sun, May 20, 2001 at 06:07:35PM -0700 References: <20010520180735.C81453@FreeBSD.org>
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> Currently, upgrading packages is more painful than it should be. However, > it would not take much work to make things significantly more friendly - > > 1. pkg_add - when a package is installed, it should check for an older > version of itself, and if the new version provides everything > from the old one, update the associated +REQUIRED_BY files > > 2. pkg_delete - when a package is deleted, it should check for a newer > version of itself, and files that overlap between both > versions should not be deleted > > Careful users can avoid the problems that these two changes fix, but > there's really no reason to not make life simple for everyone. > > Comments? Takers? I'm a bit busy due to the finals that I've got looming on > the horizon, but I'll eventually get to it if no one else does. Nevermind, it looks like pkg_update(1) does everything I want and more. I should probably read documentation more, and complain less. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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