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Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 03:42:51 GMT
From: "hyperion" <grfgguvf@gmail.com>
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Subject: Upgrading of packages
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>Number:         129749
>Category:       ports
>Synopsis:       Upgrading of packages
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-ports-bugs
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Dec 19 03:50:01 UTC 2008
>Closed-Date:    Mon Dec 22 10:50:00 UTC 2008
>Last-Modified:  Mon Dec 22 10:50:00 UTC 2008
>Originator:     "hyperion"
>Release:        7.1-RC1
>Organization:
lacking
>Environment:
7.1-RC1
>Description:
There should be a way in the base system to upgrade packages. pkg_add refuses to replace an installed package with a newer version. With the -fF option (the need to use -f with -F is undocumented), I end up with both the old and the new version installed. Portmanager and portmaster don't seem to support use of binary packages. Portupgrade doesn't understand PACKAGESITE which pkg_add does (it thinks : separates directories, so specifying an ftp:// site is impossible).

The other BSDs have an -u option of pkg_add which could be considered. The need to manually set a PACKAGESITE should be eliminated.
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: edwin 
State-Changed-When: Mon Dec 22 10:49:36 UTC 2008 
State-Changed-Why:  
This is more a question which should be asked (and will be answered) 
on the ports mailinglist: ports@FreeBSD.org 


http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=129749 
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