Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 09:38:32 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Paul Richards <paul@FreeBSD-Services.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pkg_update Message-ID: <20010214093832.B72511@mollari.cthul.hu> In-Reply-To: <3A8A9FD6.B91CE40E@FreeBSD-Services.co.uk>; from paul@FreeBSD-Services.co.uk on Wed, Feb 14, 2001 at 03:10:14PM %2B0000 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0102080152030.58657-100000@arnold.neland.dk> <20010207202335.C20454@peorth.iteration.net> <20010208232645.A86390@canyon.nothing-going-on.org> <00c501c092ec$678e73a0$0e00a8c0@neland.dk> <3A8A9FD6.B91CE40E@FreeBSD-Services.co.uk>
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--LpQ9ahxlCli8rRTG Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Feb 14, 2001 at 03:10:14PM +0000, Paul Richards wrote: > Leif Neland wrote: > >=20 > > > On Wed, Feb 07, 2001 at 08:23:35PM -0600, Michael C . Wu wrote: > > > > On Thu, Feb 08, 2001 at 01:56:11AM +0100, Leif Neland scribbled: > > > > | It seems pkg_update is only usable when installing from packages,= not from > > > > | ports. > > > > > > > > Because it is a package update system. If you want to update > > > > from the ports, use 'pkg_version -c |sh' > > > > > > Never, ever, *ever* do this. > > > > >=20 > > Just installing a new version of a port seems to work. >=20 > I've actually run into some problems that are on my list of things to > look at. >=20 > The problem is that 'make install' in a port doesn't check dependencies > properly, whereas pkg_install does. Is this really true? There are even bsd.port.mk targets you can use to obtain the list of dependencies. Kris --LpQ9ahxlCli8rRTG Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6isKXWry0BWjoQKURAs2pAJ9Pazy2yPGSDagMn50hMesKYdHizwCbB8W2 XQB+IGxX+2ytR6/bRouh14M= =SPoC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --LpQ9ahxlCli8rRTG-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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