Folks, I noticed that, when I update my packages using "pkg_add -u", some unneeded re-installation are performed; in particular (examples below are with the latest snapshot, Oct 23):
- when a dependency needs update, all the dependencies and the package itself are updated: cups-1.7.5p2:openjpeg-1.5.1->1.5.1: ok cups-1.7.5p2:poppler-0.26.5->0.26.5: ok cups-1.7.5p2:poppler-utils-0.26.5->0.26.5: ok cups-1.7.5p2:foomatic-db-engine-4.0.11p0->4.0.11p0: ok cups-1.7.5p2:cups-filters-1.0.60->1.0.61: ok cups-1.7.5p2->1.7.5p2: ok - some packages are updated even if version is unchanged: xloadimage-4.1.22v0->4.1.22v0: ok xpdf-3.04->3.04: ok xzgv-0.9p4->0.9p4: ok According to pkg_add's man page "the update signature of the candidate is compared to the signature of the already installed package: identical signatures mean no update needed" so I think that signatures of those packages have changed w.r.t. the previous snapshot, but what's the rationale here? Thanks for any clarifications. All the best -- Alessandro DE LAURENZIS [mailto:just22....@gmail.com] LinkedIn: http://it.linkedin.com/in/delaurenzis
