> Currently, upgrading packages is more painful than it should be. However,
> it would not take much work to make things significantly more friendly -
>
> 1. pkg_add - when a package is installed, it should check for an older
> version of itself, and if the new version provides everything
> from the old one, update the associated +REQUIRED_BY files
>
> 2. pkg_delete - when a package is deleted, it should check for a newer
> version of itself, and files that overlap between both
> versions should not be deleted
>
> Careful users can avoid the problems that these two changes fix, but
> there's really no reason to not make life simple for everyone.
>
> Comments? Takers? I'm a bit busy due to the finals that I've got looming on
> the horizon, but I'll eventually get to it if no one else does.
Nevermind, it looks like pkg_update(1) does everything I want and more. I
should probably read documentation more, and complain less.
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