On Tue, 10 May 2005, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:

> Is there an option to pkg_add that is the equivalent of 'make replace'?

No, because it doesn't do the pkg_tarup. But you can replicate it:

Install pkgtools/pkg_tarup.

pkg_tarup the package to replace.

The pkg_add -u switch can be used to replace a package. It also
saves the +REQUIRED_BY file.

Or you could do:

Save the old /var/db/pkg/OLDPACKAGE/+REQUIRED_BY

pkg_delete the old package

pkg_add the new package

Mv the +REQUIRED_BY into place (for new package).

(It also modifies +CONTENTS file's @pkgdep entries, but I don't think that
matters.)


 Jeremy C. Reed

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