On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 06:49:40AM -0800, Max Stalnaker wrote: > pkg_add -u works as documented in man pkg_add > one might think pkg_add -u * would work the exact same way, but mostly it > reports that files are not found > this becomes a issue if I > > pkg_add -u mplayer* > > for instance.
Usually programs work like they do. Especially when they're documented to work that way. All the wishful thinking you might do won't change that. > I end up thinking that through this approach I can only update all packages > installed, not one package only. This seems to me to be an undesirable > situation. Indeed. You should strive to correct that situation. Most specifically, read the manpage again. Think carefully. Figure out that you got it completely wrong and backwards. It's perfectly possible to update a single package, assume I want to update kobodl. Assume it's already installed I just have to say pkg_add -u kobodl and this will work.
