Date: Fri, 20 May 2016 08:57:39 -0500 From: Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkgdb And pkgng? Message-ID: <573F17D3.3040007@tundraware.com> In-Reply-To: <20160520154642.fa93d2d6.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <573E4312.5090505@tundraware.com> <8f43564f-db32-aa2d-d524-49309f22e366@infracaninophile.co.uk> <20160520124143.49283528@gumby.homeunix.com> <154ce5ce4b8.279f.0b331fcf0b21179f1640bd439e3f4a1e@tundraware.com> <20160520154642.fa93d2d6.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On 05/20/2016 08:46 AM, Polytropon wrote: > On Fri, 20 May 2016 08:31:15 -0500, Tim Daneliuk wrote: >> I install from ports not packages and occasionally have to do a forced >> removal to get an upgrade to work. > > If I understand the pkg mechanism correctly, this doesn't make any > difference. Issuing "make install" creates a pkg-style package which > then gets installed, and "make deinstall" lets pkg remove installed > software. Both tasks involve dealing with the package database. > > Except that recently, port upgrades have been failing and - in one case - a manual make reinstall didn't do the trick. I had to do a pkg remove -fx and then reinstall. In that case, I wonder if the things dependent on the package I removed are noted by the package management system. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tim Daneliuk tundra@tundraware.com PGP Key: http://www.tundraware.com/PGP/
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