Re: pkgin refresh vs. upgrade?

[Mike Pumford <mpumford%mudcovered.org.uk@localhost>]

On 17/06/2020 07:39, Lars-Johan Liman wrote:
> Hi!
This is all based on observation rather than documentation.

> When running pkgin to upgrade one or more packages, it often says "X
> packages to refresh, Y packages to upgrade".
Refresh means the version hasn't changed but the package has been 
rebuilt since you last installed it from the repository.

> What's the difference between a refresh and an upgrade of a package?
Upgrade indicates a version change.
> And where is it documented? ;-)
That I don't know. Reason I know the answer is that I build my own 
binary packages and because my build method builds everything every time 
I see a lot more refreshes that I suspect would happen with packages 
coming from a bulk build.

Mike