Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 23:36:34 +0100 From: Michel Talon <talon@lpthe.jussieu.fr> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Portmaster with package support ready for beta testing Message-ID: <20091108223634.GA89295@lpthe.jussieu.fr>
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Miroslav Lachman wrote: >I take a quick look at the code and I have one question. Can you explain >way --no-deps and --force are used for pkg_add? I can only venture an explanation. Once you have computed a good order for upgrading via packages, you cannot accept that pkg_add ruins your computation by doing things on its own. In principle you have a global view of the problem, which is better than the local view embedded in each package. Hence forcing pkg_add is the only sane way. -- Michel TALON
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