Marcin Jessa wrote: > On 24 Jan 2006 18:34:35 GMT > Csaba Henk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On 2006-01-24, Marcin Jessa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Is there any better solution for automatic package upgrade than >>> pkg_chk ?
>> [...] >> pkgmanager attempts to alleviate these problems by upgrading all >> packages "in place"... > Great for the answer. > Thanks a lot :) I use pkgmanager on NetBSD quite often, and it works quite well, but there are some things you need to know. First, the author specifically states that pkgmanager does *not* take responsibility for any package which fails to build. This is my primary complaint about pkg_chk -u, and the one thing about portupgrade that I really miss. You should know that pkgmanager does *not* re-install the old version of a package which fails to install! pkgmanager is written in clisp, so the clisp package is required on any machine which uses pkgmanager. I think I would be very nervous about using pkgmanager on servers which can't afford any downtime. I'm not a computer professional, so I can afford to destroy my gnome desktop and go have a beer :o) I think I would take Joerg's advice if I had to maintain servers...
