> -----Original Message----- > From: Marc Espie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 11:31 AM > To: Will H. Backman > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: package installation script hints > > On Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 09:58:20AM -0400, Will H. Backman wrote: > > > Shouldn't it suggest what packages to update because of a newer version? > > pkg_add -u doesn't have a notion of `newer version'. It stops at `this is > the package whose name most closely matches your existing package'. > > It matches the current model of OpenBSD development, where you point your > PKG_PATH at a location that contains all the packages from a given > release, > with very few exceptions. > > There is also the fact that the pkgname is not enough to identify the > package > completely. Specifically, packages may need to be updated when system > libraries > change. > > All of this is known, and registered correctly. > > pkg_add -u was under serious time constraints to get into OpenBSD 3.8. > It is expected that the next version will be much less wasteful. > > If you prefer, pkg_add -u in 3.8 is not at all perfect. > > But having to figure out all package names for pkg_add -r by hand was ways > more cumbersome... ;)
Got it. I was just looking at the man page, and noticed that it mentioned this new feature and that it would need testing. I'm hoping to test it a lot, but I was unsure of the expected behavior.
