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author | Akinori MUSHA <knu@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-03-23 20:47:52 +0000 |
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committer | Akinori MUSHA <knu@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-03-23 20:47:52 +0000 |
commit | 85441a23ad2e47eaeeda9ee4448da3a80036d71f (patch) | |
tree | 4978a4c6d92e7e52250d495844698049fcf59649 /ports-mgmt/portupgrade-devel/pkg-descr | |
parent | ab0fc00c0835130fc6983075f32f04f4509efb61 (diff) |
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diff --git a/ports-mgmt/portupgrade-devel/pkg-descr b/ports-mgmt/portupgrade-devel/pkg-descr index cefdcf4b544a..4d322044b675 100644 --- a/ports-mgmt/portupgrade-devel/pkg-descr +++ b/ports-mgmt/portupgrade-devel/pkg-descr @@ -1,17 +1,17 @@ -Portupgrade is a tool to upgrade installed packages with ports. +Portupgrade is a tool to upgrade installed packages via the port. It upgrades ports without reinstalling dependent packages by directly modifying the package info recorded in the files under /var/db/pkg. The procedures it takes is shown as follows: - 1. Build the corresponding port of the given package + 1. Build the corresponding port of the given installed package 2. Fix the dependency info of the ones which depends on the given package 3. Save the +REQUIRED_BY list of the given package 4. Uninstall the given package forcibly if -u is specified - 5. Install the port - 6. Restore the +REQUIRED_BY list + 5. Install the new version via the port (built in <1>) + 6. Restore the +REQUIRED_BY list (saved in <3>) The usage can be shown by running it without arguments or with a -h. |