On 28 Jun, Leif Neland wrote:
> The steps needed for upgrading a package (from ports) would be:
>
> make install
>
> append foo-1.1/+REQUIRED_BY to foo-1.2/+REQUIRED_BY
>
> traverse /var/db/pkg/* and remove foo-1.1/replace with foo-1.2
>
> "subtract" foo-1.2/+CONTENT from foo-1.1/+CONTENT, only removing files
> needed only in foo-1.1
>
> remove /var/db/pkg/foo-1.1
cd /usr/ports/foo/bar
make
mv /var/db/pkg/bar-x.y.z/+REQUIRED_BY .
pkg_delete bar-a.b.c
make install
mv +REQUIRED_BY /var/db/pkg/bar-d.e.f
port_update.sh bar a.b.c d.e.f
port_update.sh:
---snip---
#!/bin/sh
# Syntax: port_update.sh <progname> <version_old> <version_new>
# yes, I know it's ugly
if [ ! $3 ]; then
echo "$0 <name> <oldver> <newver>"
exit 1
fi
for i in `cat /var/db/pkg/${1}-${3}/+REQUIRED_BY`; do
echo -n "Updating ${i}... "
perl -npi -e "s:\@pkgdep\ ${1}\-${2}:\@pkgdep\ ${1}\-${3}:g"
/var/db/pkg/${i}/+CONTENTS
echo "done"
done
---snip---
Lazy disclaimer:
- works for me
- I think I know what I'm doing here (and what the limitations are
(e.g. bar == libxyz && libmajorversion(old) !=
libmajorversion(new))).
Bye,
Alexander.
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