On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 05:32:57PM +0100, Jason McIntyre wrote: > On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 07:28:09PM -0400, sven falempin wrote: > > Dear readers, > > > > It may not be very obvious that 'dry run' mode of pkg_add > > actually downloads packages. > > It is a good feature and maybe the pkg_add man could use an EXAMPLES > > section. > > > > hi. > > it might not be obvious, but it is documented: > > -n Don't actually install a package, just report the > steps that would be taken if it was. Will still > copy packages to PKG_CACHE if applicable. > > if you look through the page for how the PKG_CACHE stuff works, it > seems clear. > > anyway, i'll defer to espie on whether the diff is wanted or not. > comments on your text inline:
I don't think it adds much, and it's indeed already documented, and used for instance by bsd.port.mk
