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Re: updating packages


From: Erik Wikström <erik-wikstrom@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 14:01:38 +0100

On 2006-12-28 10:12, Huub wrote:
Hi,

According to the manual, I have to either build the new version, deinstall the old one, install the new one and clean up or use pkg_chk. On NetBSD there is "make update". Isn't there something like that on DragonFlyBSD?

bmake upgrade


Beware though that it can leave some of your packages non-working. If I'm not confusing this with something else what bmake upgrade does is to deinstall all packages and then reinstall the new versions. Should the build of the first package fail then it will abort and you'll be left with fewer packages than you had (all those that was going to be updated are gone).

There are attempts at solutions of those problems, don't know if any of them work all the way though. Pacman is one of them, you can read about it here:
http://wiki.dragonflybsd.org/cgi/moin.cgi/Pacman_Packages


For more ways to update see:
http://wiki.netbsd.se/index.php/How_to_upgrade_packages

--
Erik Wikström



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