On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 12:18:29PM +0000, Nigel Taylor wrote: > > out-of-date is not really used any more, don't know why your using it. >
mainly because it is a valuable tool to check is the installed packages are in sync with /usr/ports. but maybe I don't manage my updates in a accurate manner... > pkg_add -ui should update any out of date installed packages from PKG_PATH. for "officials" and "distributed" packages, I'm agreed (except some normal delays in official build). but I use some packages that are not packaged (audio/timidity or cad/qcad for example) or personnals packages (the dependencies are better managed by pkg_add than by me... :-)) > The packages in PKG_PATH should be built on a clean system with no > packages installed, or present in PKG_PATH. Because nothing is installed > or present out-of-date can't be used. > > If your build and running systems are combined then look at dpb with the > -R, -u, -U options. See comment some packages only build on a clean > system. dpb -R works by looking at out of date packages in PKG_PATH not > those installed, out-of-date will not find out of date packages in > PKG_PATH which haven't been installed, leaving broken packages in > PKG_PATH if out-of-date is used as a rebuilding tool. I keep /usr/ports in sync daily, as it is more accurate than rely on pkg_add for be informed about update: packages are not rebuild daily for all archs. It is not a critic, I understand that all archs couldn't be rebuild every time (build time + limited ressources). out-of-date is only use to remind me about unsync between ports & installed packages, and so known potential flaw in running system. So as I only want the installed packages to be monitored, I think use out-of-date for that is ok. and after, if I really need a package that is not already packaged, I ran: # dpb -R -u -q pathlist # pkg_add -aui package Thanks. -- Sébastien Marie
