Re: pkg_update

2001-02-14 Thread Paul Richards
Leif Neland wrote: On Wed, Feb 07, 2001 at 08:23:35PM -0600, Michael C . Wu wrote: On Thu, Feb 08, 2001 at 01:56:11AM +0100, Leif Neland scribbled: | It seems pkg_update is only usable when installing from packages, not from | ports. Because it is a package update system

Re: pkg_update

2001-02-14 Thread Will Andrews
On Wed, Feb 14, 2001 at 03:10:14PM +, Paul Richards wrote: The problem is that 'make install' in a port doesn't check dependencies properly, whereas pkg_install does. Uh, actually, 'make install' does a better job. pkg_install has no clue about substitute dependencies. -- wca To

Re: pkg_update

2001-02-14 Thread Andresen,Jason R.
Kris Kennaway wrote: On Wed, Feb 14, 2001 at 03:10:14PM +, Paul Richards wrote: Leif Neland wrote: The problem is that 'make install' in a port doesn't check dependencies properly, whereas pkg_install does. Is this really true? There are even bsd.port.mk targets you can use to

Re: pkg_update

2001-02-14 Thread Paul Richards
Will Andrews wrote: On Wed, Feb 14, 2001 at 03:10:14PM +, Paul Richards wrote: The problem is that 'make install' in a port doesn't check dependencies properly, whereas pkg_install does. Uh, actually, 'make install' does a better job. pkg_install has no clue about substitute

Re: pkg_update

2001-02-14 Thread Dag-Erling Smorgrav
) goes to great lengths to determine the actual dependencies of a specific port. You might have better luck trying to hack an update function into porteasy than using pkg_update. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe fr

Re: pkg_update

2001-02-09 Thread Nik Clayton
On Wed, Feb 07, 2001 at 08:23:35PM -0600, Michael C . Wu wrote: On Thu, Feb 08, 2001 at 01:56:11AM +0100, Leif Neland scribbled: | It seems pkg_update is only usable when installing from packages, not from | ports. Because it is a package update system. If you want to update from

Re: pkg_update

2001-02-09 Thread Bruce A. Mah
If memory serves me right, Nik Clayton wrote: On Wed, Feb 07, 2001 at 08:23:35PM -0600, Michael C . Wu wrote: On Thu, Feb 08, 2001 at 01:56:11AM +0100, Leif Neland scribbled: | It seems pkg_update is only usable when installing from packages, not fro m | ports. Because

Re: pkg_update

2001-02-09 Thread Leif Neland
On Wed, Feb 07, 2001 at 08:23:35PM -0600, Michael C . Wu wrote: On Thu, Feb 08, 2001 at 01:56:11AM +0100, Leif Neland scribbled: | It seems pkg_update is only usable when installing from packages, not from | ports. Because it is a package update system. If you want to update from

Re: pkg_update

2001-02-09 Thread Bruce A. Mah
[moved to -ports] If memory serves me right, "Leif Neland" wrote: Couldn't it be made possible to use just the update-of-dependencies part of p kg_update without doing the pkg_delete/pkg_install bit? Perhaps I'll try... Manipulating the bits is relatively straightforward. Doing so in a

pkg_update

2001-02-07 Thread Leif Neland
It seems pkg_update is only usable when installing from packages, not from ports. Even when I first do a make package, and then try a pkg_update it appears it does not work correctly, as it wants to uninstall the latest version before it reinstalls it. Could pkg_update be a target

Re: pkg_update

2001-02-07 Thread Michael C . Wu
On Thu, Feb 08, 2001 at 01:56:11AM +0100, Leif Neland scribbled: | It seems pkg_update is only usable when installing from packages, not from | ports. Because it is a package update system. If you want to update from the ports, use 'pkg_version -c |sh' | Even when I first do a make package

Re: pkg_update

2001-02-07 Thread Leif Neland
On Wed, 7 Feb 2001, Michael C . Wu wrote: On Thu, Feb 08, 2001 at 01:56:11AM +0100, Leif Neland scribbled: | It seems pkg_update is only usable when installing from packages, not from | ports. Because it is a package update system. If you want to update from the ports, use 'pkg_version

Re: ** HEADS UP ** bug in pkg_update

2001-01-13 Thread Matthew Jacob
Cool! On Sat, 13 Jan 2001, David O'Brien wrote: Until Paul Richards fixes the bug, do NOT run `pkg_update' on a package w/o a version number in the name. Ie, ``pkg_update gtk.tgz'' will delete every package off your system. -- -- David ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) GNU is Not Unix