On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 01:48:52AM +0200, frantisek holop wrote: > which resulted finally in the reason why the update was not > carrying on: > > Cannot find updates for .libs-libdvdnav-0.1.9 .libs-sdl-1.2.8p0-sun > msttcorefonts-1.2 opera-8.50. Proceed? [y/N] y > > > i think this might be communicated in some form to the user > even without -i so he knows why pkg_add stops...
Yes, this should. Consider this a buglet. > especially when doing a system wide update, there is a great > chance that pkg_add will stop for some reason, nespa? > another big confusion of my is, that i don't > really know the difference between -u and -r. > now that -u install packages (in my understanding > "replaces" them, i am a bit confused what is replace > really for. what is the real world use of -r? Atomic operation when you really want to specify what new package you install. > i am sorry if these questions are silly or nerving, > especially for you Marc, after all, you designed > this system, but i must admit i have problems with > the pkg_add man page... could you please add some > examples at the bottom, especially with some "special" > cases with the -F keywords (the ones not covered > in the 3 process -- install, replace, update) are a great > source of confusion for me.... i am slightly convinced > that it would cut down the number of questions like this. This is still work in progress, it will get refined later.
