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Date:      25 Mar 2001 15:07:15 -0500
From:      Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: pkg_version -c
Message-ID:  <44hf0h8vf0.fsf@lowellg.ne.mediaone.net>
In-Reply-To: mail@max-info.net's message of "25 Mar 2001 21:45:36 %2B0200"
References:  <002b01c0b564$4813fb40$fd00a8c0@Home>

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mail@max-info.net (Ryan Masse) writes:

> I'm getting the following output below when i execute the 'pkg_version -c'
> command. This is the first i've seen or heard of this; does anyone know what
> this is and how to remove it so to as getting the proper ouput of the
> pkg_version?

Did you consider saving all of the output to a file, and then editing
the file to get just the bits you thought useful?  If you did that,
you could even take into account the package dependencies (not to
mention the fact that some packages really can't be upgraded as easily
as others).

Just a thought.

> > pkg_version -c
> echo "The commands output of pkg_version cannot be executed without
> editing."
> echo "You MUST save this output to a file and then edit it, taking into"
> echo "account package dependencies and the fact that some packages cannot"
> echo "or should not be upgraded."
> exit 1

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