Re: updating packages

[Erik Wikström <erik-wikstrom@xxxxxxxxx>]

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