On 09/23/13 22:54, Marc Espie wrote:
On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 11:25:57AM +0100, James Griffin wrote:
* Marc Espie <es...@nerim.net> [2013-09-23 12:22:47 +0200]:
On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 10:32:20AM +0100, James Griffin wrote:
To update packages: pkg_add -iu (-i is for interaction to selection flavors of
pkg's and -u is for update). Must be run with privileges, i.e. sudo or root
user.
You don't need -i in most cases these days, pkg_tools default to interactive
if run on a terminal now.
(-I can be used to revert to non-interactive mode)
Cheers Marc, I wasn't aware of that. Just a habit I got into ages ago.
Yeah, it's something I look at in usage patterns.
Lots of people don't follow the tools development too closely,
and so they keep using options which are no longer needed.
I use pkg_add -ui because that's what is in the upgrade instructions e.g.
http://www.openbsd.org/faq/upgrade53.html#Pkgup
Is that a special case?
Thanks.
Then they teach those to other people, thus ensuring that
people keep thinking things are more complicated than
they are...
I'd really like a solution that didn't involve me having
to rectify things again and again, but it's better than nothing :)
