Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 23:26:46 +0000 From: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> To: "Michael C . Wu" <keichii@peorth.iteration.net> Cc: Leif Neland <leifn@neland.dk>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg_update Message-ID: <20010208232645.A86390@canyon.nothing-going-on.org> In-Reply-To: <20010207202335.C20454@peorth.iteration.net>; from keichii@iteration.net on Wed, Feb 07, 2001 at 08:23:35PM -0600 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0102080152030.58657-100000@arnold.neland.dk> <20010207202335.C20454@peorth.iteration.net>
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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. "pkg_version -c" is a hack to make cut-n-paste easier. The output is sorted alphabetically and no notice is taken of dependencies between different ports. *If* you know what you're doing then -c is useful to help save you some typing. But you should never run the commands automatically. N -- Internet connection, $19.95 a month. Computer, $799.95. Modem, $149.95. Telephone line, $24.95 a month. Software, free. USENET transmission, hundreds if not thousands of dollars. Thinking before posting, priceless. Somethings in life you can't buy. For everything else, there's MasterCard. -- Graham Reed, in the Scary Devil Monastery To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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