Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2011 20:46:47 -0500 From: "illoai@gmail.com" <illoai@gmail.com> To: Yue Wu <vanopen@gmail.com> Cc: ml-freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Question about packages installed via `pkg_add -r` Message-ID: <AANLkTinhdiEPxyvBGDGWS%2B3Y%2B69YzW7_9NeUs4B2gVTT@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20110306011433.GA21857@fbsd.t60.cpu> References: <20110305150436.GA2175@fbsd.t60.cpu> <20110305154817.GQ30336@core.byshenk.net> <4D72A069.90104@FreeBSD.org> <20110306010015.GC4160@fbsd.t60.cpu> <AANLkTi=_K=q3O3jZZLeDjj9AsckWzu9Sz-Ju7kxhknn9@mail.gmail.com> <20110306011433.GA21857@fbsd.t60.cpu>
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On 5 March 2011 20:14, Yue Wu <vanopen@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Mar 05, 2011 at 08:02:47PM -0500, illoai@gmail.com wrote: >> On 5 March 2011 20:00, Yue Wu <vanopen@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Hello, sorry for poor English, I will try to explan clearer with my >> > best. >> > >> > On Sat, Mar 05, 2011 at 04:48:17PM +0100, Greg Byshenk wrote: >> >> On Sat, Mar 05, 2011 at 11:04:36PM +0800, Yue Wu wrote: >> >> >> >> > I'm trying to use package instead of ports these day, but a few >> >> > questions have: >> >> > >> >> > 1. How to reserve packages that fetched via `pkg_add -r`? >> >> > >> >> > 2. How to know if there are updates for packages, and how to update= ? >> >> >> >> For (1), do you mean 'preserve', as in save a copy? =A0If so, then >> >> 'portmaster -b [...]' will save a backup copy of installed packages. >> > >> > Yes, I mean 'preserve'. I've maned portmaster, seems -b is for a >> > installed package, so it will preserve it by packing up the files from= a >> > installed package, why not preserve it just when fetching with `pkg_ad= d >> > -r`? I think it's the best way, I don't like the portmaster way to do = it >> > after. >> >> from man 1 pkg_add: >> >> =A0 =A0 =A0-K, --keep >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Keep any downloaded package in PKGDIR if it i= s defined or in cur- >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0rent directory by default. >> > > Thanks, sorry for no attentively reading ;p > > Another question arises after checking the pkg 'pkg_add' saves, why the > pkg doesn't have a version appended to its name, it's hard to know the > version the pkg downloaded... Without digging in too deeply (I use ports, so I'm not the _most_ knowledgeable on packages) I believe it has to do with the fact that the packages are symlinked to non- versioned names on the distribution server(s), probably to simplify fetching. The packages themselves should have the version information in their metadata somewhere, which might be possible to rename via script. I apologise if that isn't helpful. --=20 --
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