Will Fiveash wrote: > That brings up another question. Let's say that the currently active BE > doesn't have all the packages listed in redistributable installed and > one updates a new BE as I described earlier. I was under the impression > that doing a pkg install of pkg:entire only updates installed packages > and doesn't install new ones whereas pkg install pkg:redistributable > installs the missing packages. Am I right in thinking this?
Yes, because entire is just an incorporation that constrains the versions of the packages that can be or are installed. In comparison, redistributable is a 'group package' that has all of its packages as required dependencies. Cheers, -- Shawn Walker
