Re: pkg_chk replacement?

[Marcin Jessa <lists@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 14:02:47 +0100
joerg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 11:20:57AM +0100, Marcin Jessa wrote:
> > The main problem with it is it deinstalles all upgrade candidates
> > before upgrading them.
> > So running pkg_chk -uvk will remove a bunch of packages first
> > leaving the server pretty much crippled for the time of compilation.
> 
> Hm. You mean like building them as binary packages on a different
> system / in a jail / chroot first and update them via binary packages
> on the server? 

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No, building packages natively on my server from pkgsrc.
Seems like all the outdated packages are deinstalled by pkg_chk before
they get upgraded to a more recent version.