On 03/05/2011 17:00, Yue Wu wrote:
Hello, sorry for poor English, I will try to explan clearer with my
best.
On Sat, Mar 05, 2011 at 04:48:17PM +0100, Greg Byshenk wrote:
On Sat, Mar 05, 2011 at 11:04:36PM +0800, Yue Wu wrote:
I'm trying to use package instead of ports these day, but a few
questions have:
1. How to reserve packages that fetched via `pkg_add -r`?
2. How to know if there are updates for packages, and how to update?
For (1), do you mean 'preserve', as in save a copy? If so, then
'portmaster -b [...]' will save a backup copy of installed packages.
Yes, I mean 'preserve'. I've maned portmaster, seems -b is for a
installed package, so it will preserve it by packing up the files from a
installed package, why not preserve it just when fetching with `pkg_add
-r`? I think it's the best way, I don't like the portmaster way to do it
after.
This is why I wanted to confirm what you intended to do. The -b option
does indeed preserve the existing version of the package, but the
behavior that you're looking for (saving a copy of the new package) is
actually the default behavior. The downloaded packages are saved in
/usr/ports/packages/portmaster-download.
It sounds like your best best would be to have an up to date ports tree,
and use the -P option to install packages whenever they are available.
hope this helps,
Doug
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