Re: pkg/39430: Packages marked as 'not for deletion' cannot be upgraded

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/39430; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: pkg/39430: Packages marked as 'not for deletion' cannot be
        upgraded
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:14:44 +0200

 On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 02:05:03PM +0000, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
 >  I modified pkg_add to do that a few years ago and used it for a few years 
 >  on Linux and NetBSD.
 
 pkg_add on the renovation branch will just allow -u and keep the
 precious state around. It doesn't help for make update in the current
 form, but works with the destdir-replace I posted ages ago.
 
 Joerg