Re: pkg_add -u and unneeded updates

2014-10-27 Thread Alessandro DE LAURENZIS
Hi Marc, On Fri 24/10 14:58, Marc Espie wrote: [...] > > Look, either you use it as as simple user, and then you trust the tool. > Or you want to really understand what's going on and you have to dig deeper. > What pkg_add shows you *by default* is the simple story. > > Try pkg_add -v for more d

Re: pkg_add -u and unneeded updates

2014-10-27 Thread Alessandro DE LAURENZIS
On Fri 24/10 11:29, Ingo Schwarze wrote: Hi Ingo, > Almost certainly not unneeded; Marc Espie@ has spent a lot of effort > on getting that right. At least, you don't show any evidence for > that claim, or for any bug in this area. > My bad; I should have said "maybe unneeded?"... [...] > packag

Re: pkg_add -u and unneeded updates

2014-10-24 Thread Marc Espie
On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 08:25:59AM +0200, Alessandro DE LAURENZIS wrote: > Folks, > > I noticed that, when I update my packages using "pkg_add -u", some > unneeded re-installation are performed; in particular (examples below > are with the latest snapshot, Oct 23): > > - when a dependency needs u

Re: pkg_add -u and unneeded updates

2014-10-24 Thread Ingo Schwarze
Hi Alessandro, Alessandro DE LAURENZIS wrote on Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 08:25:59AM +0200: > I noticed that, when I update my packages using "pkg_add -u", some > unneeded re-installation are performed; Almost certainly not unneeded; Marc Espie@ has spent a lot of effort on getting that right. At le

pkg_add -u and unneeded updates

2014-10-23 Thread Alessandro DE LAURENZIS
Folks, I noticed that, when I update my packages using "pkg_add -u", some unneeded re-installation are performed; in particular (examples below are with the latest snapshot, Oct 23): - when a dependency needs update, all the dependencies and the package itself are updated: cups-1.7.5p2:openjpeg