> > 2. Are there any upgrade mechanisms for pkgsrc that will be able > > to handle upgrading big/convoluted things (gnome) without blowing > > up and creating a giant mess that needs to be manually fixed? > > I heard pkgmanager should be able to do so. I guess walt can talk > about this more.
pkgmanager is good for exactly that, though it's not perfect (yet anyway...). Assuming the gnome packages in question are in working order individually (as they appear in the tree at the time of the attempted upgrade), there should not be any problems. If package(s) fail, pkgmanager won't upgrade packages that depend on the failed package(s). Depending on how major an upgrade it is, this might mean some software is broken until the problem is fixed, or it might mean things continue working, with slight version discrepancies in the dependency tree. -- / Peter Schuller, InfiDyne Technologies HB PGP userID: 0xE9758B7D or 'Peter Schuller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>' Key retrieval: Send an E-Mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.scode.org
