> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marc Espie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 9:39 AM
> To: Will H. Backman
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: package installation script hints
> 
> On Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 09:28:04AM -0400, Will H. Backman wrote:
> > >
> > > > 2 - How is pkg_add -u working for people?
> > >
> > > It works fine for me. I don't know about other people yet, you
tell
> > me...
> >
> > Aug 24 snapshot, trying just "pkg_add -u" causes it to say updating
> > package -> package for every single one of my installed packages,
and it
> > then asks me to run pkg_add -r for every installed package.
> > Unfortunately, it is asking me to install the version that I already
> > have.
> 
> This is the expected behavior (for now).
> pkg_add -r will not reinstall a package unless its signature changed,
so
> you will end up only installing the package that actually changed.

Shouldn't it suggest what packages to update because of a newer version?

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