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Re: pkgsrcCon: what to steal from *BSD ports



On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 08:40:31AM +0000, Jens Rehsack wrote:
> I don't want to argue against pkg_chk, pkg_in, pkg_rr etc. - but this
> are three tools for doing similar things in a different way (IIRC
> 'pkg_add -u' works fine on NetBSD, too, doesn't it?).
> I miss one tool like portupgrade on FreeBSD - of course, improved.

Well, "pkg_add -u <package>" on NetBSD works fine for one package, but doesn't 
do
the library trick.
"pkg_add -u" on OpenBSD updates all packages. I think pkgin is nearest
to that in functionality.

> >Anyone interested in getting pkgsrc something like the above?
> 
> Yes :)

Good, get coding ;)
 Thomas


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