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authorAkinori MUSHA <knu@FreeBSD.org>2001-06-05 17:33:21 +0000
committerAkinori MUSHA <knu@FreeBSD.org>2001-06-05 17:33:21 +0000
commit3f909a39ff7db10629425ce2d93e047ce00d3abb (patch)
tree454fb9b41777fdb9249f8ef8e3d124a3b9278f53 /ports-mgmt/portupgrade-devel/pkg-descr
parent78b2762bd3650ca374cb504c57bddc63de4eab8d (diff)
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@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
-Portupgrade is a tool to upgrade installed packages via the port.
+Portupgrade is a very powerful 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.
-It upgrades ports without reinstalling dependent packages by directly
-modifying the package info recorded in the files under /var/db/pkg.
+This package also includes:
-You may want to use portversion which is a replacement of
-pkg_version(8) optimized and cooperative with portupgrade.
+portversion:
+ This is a replacement of pkg_version(8), which runs faster
+ than pkg_version and is cooperative with portupgrade.
+
+pkgdepfix:
+ This is an interactive tool to fix /var/db/pkg's @pkgdep /
+ +REQUIRED_BY discrepancies.
Author: Akinori MUSHA <knu@FreeBSD.org>