Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 14:32:00 -0800 From: "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Nik Clayton <nik@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: "Michael C . Wu" <keichii@peorth.iteration.net>, Leif Neland <leifn@neland.dk>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pkg_update Message-ID: <200102092232.f19MW0X23361@bmah-freebsd-0.cisco.com> In-Reply-To: <20010208232645.A86390@canyon.nothing-going-on.org> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0102080152030.58657-100000@arnold.neland.dk> <20010207202335.C20454@peorth.iteration.net> <20010208232645.A86390@canyon.nothing-going-on.org>
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--==_Exmh_-327729888P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii If memory serves me right, Nik Clayton wrote: > 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 fro > m > > | 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. Plus it's been known to wipe out Ports Upgrade kits. This was particularly bad when some upgrade kits replaced little non-essentials like ld*.so, things like that. I just put a big fat warning to this effect followed by "exit 1" at the start of the commands output, and committed to -CURRENT. I'll MFC early next week. Bruce. --==_Exmh_-327729888P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.2 06/23/2000 iD8DBQE6hG/g2MoxcVugUsMRAkr2AJ0Q5985cUY0yrTLZLNBfLKOuwJBrwCgy+rp P+92RBVLmyChIQK1T2CSHTs= =AZ8F -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_-327729888P-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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