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| author | rh <rh> | 2000-01-14 09:20:47 +0000 |
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| committer | rh <rh> | 2000-01-14 09:20:47 +0000 |
| commit | e2d40b5240512dac616c16a8aa55553f4b364216 (patch) | |
| tree | 261ceee0aa132fa3bf3a21919e0567f24d8c3f6c | |
| parent | 5525a2a97574199e65ec9c0696eefc0c084c68de (diff) | |
| download | pkgsrc-e2d40b5240512dac616c16a8aa55553f4b364216.tar.gz | |
Clarify that resuming 'make update' on an unclean source tree will most
certainly fail if the package to be updated changes between the initial
and subsequent 'make update's.
| -rw-r--r-- | Packages.txt | 22 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Packages.txt b/Packages.txt index 50c6eb8508b..b0474f54a2a 100644 --- a/Packages.txt +++ b/Packages.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# $NetBSD: Packages.txt,v 1.78 2000/01/13 23:39:18 hubertf Exp $ +# $NetBSD: Packages.txt,v 1.79 2000/01/14 09:20:47 rh Exp $ ########################################################################### ========================== @@ -1032,15 +1032,21 @@ perform the equivalent of: version. The package and all depending packages first get deinstalled, then current versions of the corresponding packages get compiled and installed. This is similar to manually noting which packages are - currently installed, then performing a series of "make deinstall", - "make clean", and "make install" for these packages. + currently installed, then performing a series of "make deinstall" and + and "make install" (or whatever DEPENDS_TARGET is set to) for these + packages. You can use the "update" target to resume package updating in case a - previous "make update" was interrupted for some reason. However, make - sure you don't call "make clean" or otherwise remove the list of - dependent packages in ${WRKDIR}. Otherwise you lose the ability to - automatically update the current package along with the dependent - packages you have installed. + previous "make update" was interrupted for some reason. However, in + this case, make sure you don't call "make clean" or otherwise remove + the list of dependent packages in ${WRKDIR}. Otherwise you lose the + ability to automatically update the current package along with the + dependent packages you have installed. + + Resuming an interrupted 'make update' will only work as long as the + package tree remains unchanged. If the source code for one of the + packages to be updated has been changed, resuming 'make update' will + most certainly fail! The following variables can be used either on the command line or in /etc/mk.conf to alter the behaviour of "make update": |