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authorknu <knu@FreeBSD.org>2001-06-06 01:33:21 +0800
committerknu <knu@FreeBSD.org>2001-06-06 01:33:21 +0800
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From now on I use release dates for this port's version numbers, and
this is version 20010606. A new tool pkgdepfix is added. It allows you to interactively fix /var/db/pkg's @pkgdep / +REQUIRED_BY discrepancies. Run this periodically to let portupgrade properly trace dependencies.
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diff --git a/sysutils/portupgrade/pkg-descr b/sysutils/portupgrade/pkg-descr
index f648ab0cdf40..c835f8ce92c1 100644
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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>