On 5 March 2011 20:14, Yue Wu <vano...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Mar 05, 2011 at 08:02:47PM -0500, ill...@gmail.com wrote: >> On 5 March 2011 20:00, Yue Wu <vano...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Hello, sorry for poor English, I will try to explan clearer with my >> > best. >> > >> > On Sat, Mar 05, 2011 at 04:48:17PM +0100, Greg Byshenk wrote: >> >> On Sat, Mar 05, 2011 at 11:04:36PM +0800, Yue Wu wrote: >> >> >> >> > I'm trying to use package instead of ports these day, but a few >> >> > questions have: >> >> > >> >> > 1. How to reserve packages that fetched via `pkg_add -r`? >> >> > >> >> > 2. How to know if there are updates for packages, and how to update? >> >> >> >> For (1), do you mean 'preserve', as in save a copy? If so, then >> >> 'portmaster -b [...]' will save a backup copy of installed packages. >> > >> > Yes, I mean 'preserve'. I've maned portmaster, seems -b is for a >> > installed package, so it will preserve it by packing up the files from a >> > installed package, why not preserve it just when fetching with `pkg_add >> > -r`? I think it's the best way, I don't like the portmaster way to do it >> > after. >> >> from man 1 pkg_add: >> >> -K, --keep >> Keep any downloaded package in PKGDIR if it is defined or in >> cur- >> rent directory by default. >> > > Thanks, sorry for no attentively reading ;p > > Another question arises after checking the pkg 'pkg_add' saves, why the > pkg doesn't have a version appended to its name, it's hard to know the > version the pkg downloaded...
Without digging in too deeply (I use ports, so I'm not the _most_ knowledgeable on packages) I believe it has to do with the fact that the packages are symlinked to non- versioned names on the distribution server(s), probably to simplify fetching. The packages themselves should have the version information in their metadata somewhere, which might be possible to rename via script. I apologise if that isn't helpful. -- -- _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
