> -----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?

