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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 /Packages.txt | |
| 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.
Diffstat (limited to 'Packages.txt')
| -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": |