* Marc Espie <es...@nerim.net> [2013-09-23 12:54:09 +0200]:

> On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 11:25:57AM +0100, James Griffin wrote:
> > * Marc Espie <es...@nerim.net> [2013-09-23 12:22:47 +0200]:
> > 
> > > On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 10:32:20AM +0100, James Griffin wrote:
> > > > To update packages: pkg_add -iu (-i is for interaction to selection 
> > > > flavors of pkg's and -u is for update). Must be run with privileges, 
> > > > i.e. sudo or root user. 
> > > 
> > > You don't need -i in most cases these days, pkg_tools default to 
> > > interactive
> > > if run on a terminal now.
> > > 
> > > (-I can be used to revert to non-interactive mode)
> > > 
> > 
> > Cheers Marc, I wasn't aware of that. Just a habit I got into ages ago. 
> 
> Yeah, it's something I look at in usage patterns.
> 
> Lots of people don't follow the tools development too closely,
> and so they keep using options which are no longer needed.
> 
> Then they teach those to other people, thus ensuring that
> people keep thinking things are more complicated than
> they are...
> 
> I'd really like a solution that didn't involve me having
> to rectify things again and again, but it's better than nothing :)

Was that a telling-off for me? :-)

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