Re: how to upgrade a whole machine ...

[David Brownlee <abs%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Sat, 10 May 2008, Aleksey Cheusov wrote:

> >>        The 'skip pkg_summary if newer binary package' is not a failsafe
> >>        option - it can fail if a package has been delete or
>
> You can forget my previous request for running external program in
> case there are binaries newer than summary.
>
> ALWAYS running pkg_update_summary before pkg_chk is better/more
> correct solution.

        I would agree.

> You can leave pkg_chk as it is. Though, as you already noted, checking
> for 'summary is more recent than all binaries' is not fully correct.

        I think the 'summary is more recent than all binaries' check is
        worth keeping in pkg_chk as its simple and quick enough to run
        and while it may not catch everything it will certainly catch
        most cases...

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