In message <20040723102934.GE14366@dublet.org>, Wouter Klouwen writes:
>Matthias Scheler(tron@zhadum.de) said 2004.07.23 08:57:56 +0000:
>> In article <410082C9.8080502@brianrose.net>,
>> 	Brian Rose <lists@brianrose.net> writes:
>> > Is there a global update that will update all my old packages, ...
>> 
>> Install the "pkg_chk" package (from "pkgsrc/pkgtools/pkg_chk") and
>> execute "pkg_chk -u" afterwards.
>> 
>
>This is not really the best option though. There are often times when I have
>executed this, but some package fails to build properly, but it recursively
>deleted a whole bunch, and then you're left with half the system, so exert
>caution.

Agreed; that's why I stopped using it.  It's also inefficient; note 
what the BUGS section says about recompiling some packages more than 
once.

		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb