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Old 13th May 2012
ocicat ocicat is offline
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Originally Posted by daemonfowl View Post
I can update packages with pkg_add -u ..
Correct. pkg_add -u will update packages if newer packages are available on PKG_PATH. It does not matter whether the currently installed packages come from a mirror site or were compiled locally.

Look at the contents of the package system database in /var/db/pkg. You will find version information & dependency information. You will not find information as to where the package came from being tracked.

What pkg_add -u will do is update packages depending upon whether a newer version is found on PKG_PATH. Yes, this may mean that a package installed from a locally installed port may get replaced with a newer package found on a mirror.
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or is this another silly point of mine?
Somehow you are wanting to make locally compiled ports somehow different. They aren't. The result of building ports are packages -- the very same packages which are available on the mirrors.

Whether your point is silly is immaterial. What is more of concern is where you come up with these incorrect ideas. You can help yourself by confirming your knowledge through study of the documentation. Developing the discipline to read & study before posting will help you grow technically. Simply coming to this site & posting questions which you have thought about for less than five minutes only makes you dependent upon whatever we impart to you. This kind of dependency is never going to get you very far. Ever.

Last edited by ocicat; 13th May 2012 at 04:37 PM.
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