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Re: How to perform a conservative package upgrade with pkgsrc?



Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-usenet2012%yahoo.com@localhost> writes:

> On 14 July 2014 16:53, Greg Troxel <gdt%ir.bbn.com@localhost> wrote:
>> Have you actually tried pkg_comp?
>
> Actually I haven't. I am learning by doing, but I feel there is a lack
> of documentation. Pkg_comp is only mentioned once in the pkgsrc guide
> without much explanation. The wiki is terse. The page on the main
> targets is incomplete.

The man page is pretty decent.  I haven't set it up in a while, but
remember that when doing so it was not too hard to follow.

> Do I have to have a copy of the binary sets? In which case I give up.
> It doesn't serve my purpose.

binary installation sets are easy to download or pretty easy build
yourself.

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