On Thu, 10 May 2001, Brian de Alwis wrote:

> I thought I could use `pkg_delete -O' (remove entries from the pkg db,
> but leave the actual package), and then install the new version.
> Thus dependent software should continue to work providing the new
> version is `drop-in' compatible. But `pkg_delete -O' didn't seem to
> do anything, and I haven't pursued it any further.

"pkg_delete -O" only removes the files from the "pkgdb.byfile.db" database.


Frederick