Re: pkgin refresh vs. upgrade?

[Lars-Johan Liman <liman%cafax.se@localhost>]

Mike,

I neglected to thank you for this answer!

Thanks, that actually makes sense.

				Cheers,
				  /Liman

On 17/06/2020 07:39, Lars-Johan Liman wrote:
>> Hi!

mpumford%mudcovered.org.uk@localhost 2020-06-17 09:37 [+0100]:
> 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