problems: pkg_add -u and pkg_add -r

2007-01-12 Thread J.C. Roberts
Ok, I can admit to having a shrine to the Blessed Mother of fdisk in my office and whether smart or not, I'm normally chant the fresh install mantra. It's how I've always handle system upgrades for years and since I only ever needed few packages, keeping packages up to date has been done with

Re: problems: pkg_add -u and pkg_add -r

2007-01-12 Thread steven mestdagh
J.C. Roberts [2007-01-12, 03:09:25]: # pkg_add -u xine-lib Candidates for updating xine-lib-1.1.1p0 - xine-lib-1.1.1p0 xine-lib-1.1.2p4 Ambiguous: xine-lib-1.1.1p0 could be xine-lib-1.1.1p0 xine-lib-1.1.2p4 Looking for updates: complete There are some ambiguities. Please run in interactive

Re: problems: pkg_add -u and pkg_add -r

2007-01-12 Thread Ian Darwin
The above is really an English usage issue, and not really a big deal but most people think, replace one-thing with another-thing. You might find it helpful to think of 'pkg_add -r' as add the given version of this package, replacing the old one if it exists (and if the upgrade can be done

Re: problems: pkg_add -u and pkg_add -r

2007-01-12 Thread J.C. Roberts
On Friday 12 January 2007 08:12, Ian Darwin wrote: The above is really an English usage issue, and not really a big deal but most people think, replace one-thing with another-thing. You might find it helpful to think of 'pkg_add -r' as add the given version of this package, replacing the

Re: problems: pkg_add -u and pkg_add -r

2007-01-12 Thread Zvezdan Petkovic
On Fri, Jan 12, 2007 at 09:50:01AM -0800, J.C. Roberts wrote: On Friday 12 January 2007 08:12, Ian Darwin wrote: The above is really an English usage issue, and not really a big deal but most people think, replace one-thing with another-thing. You might find it helpful to think of