Hello.
On Sat, May 23, 2026 at 06:43:41PM +0530, [email protected] wrote: > > > Peace, > > > > > > Recently did a sysupgrade from 7.8 to 7.9. Tried to follow it up with > > > pkg_add > > > -u for some x-based applications. After scrolling down 100's of lines > > > listing > > > dependencies etc\. pkg_add invariably gets stuck my ~500 package desktop also went down into a dependency maze right after the 7.8->7.9 sysupgrade and I used the following approach to clear things out: pkg_info -mz > ~/pkg.list pkg_delete -X pkg_add -l ~/pkg.list this technique is described in the pkg_add manual. just wondering, with all due respect, were there any plans in the past to borrow the pkg application from FreeBSD? why? the difference in speed would come from calculating the package version delta from a downloaded sqlite database instead of connecting to the mirrors for every single dependency of every single package. on a system with many packages and not stellar internet that would give at least an order of magnitude boost to the pkg upgrade process. also not depending on an interpreted language would be a bonus if you ask me. best regards, peter
