Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2011 10:09:17 +0800 From: Yue Wu <vanopen@gmail.com> To: ml-freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Question about packages installed via `pkg_add -r` Message-ID: <20110306020917.GA90894@fbsd.t60.cpu> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinhdiEPxyvBGDGWS%2B3Y%2B69YzW7_9NeUs4B2gVTT@mail.gmail.com> 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> <AANLkTinhdiEPxyvBGDGWS%2B3Y%2B69YzW7_9NeUs4B2gVTT@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, Mar 05, 2011 at 08:46:47PM -0500, illoai@gmail.com wrote: > 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? If 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_add > >> > -r`? I think it's the best way, I don't like the portmaster way to do it > >> > after. > >> > >> from man 1 pkg_add: > >> > >> -K, --keep > >> Keep any downloaded package in PKGDIR if it is defined or in cur- > >> rent 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. Thank you for info, I got the reason :) ports with portmaster makes pkg installation mangement be much more flexiable and more friendly than package by pkg_add -r on FreeBSD, except that ports take much more time and resource. After trying with packages, I think I have to stick to ports. -- Regards, Yue Wu Key Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicines Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine China Pharmaceutical University No.24, Tongjia Xiang Street, Nanjing 210009, China
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