Re: implemented features (Re: Decision time....)

["Justin C. Sherrill" <justin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, June 6, 2007 5:12 pm, Matthew Dillon wrote:

> Despite its major shortcomings (wanting a writable /usr/pkg directory
> tree, and an inability to update packages without putting the system
> into a half-upgraded state which might then fail to complete)... despite
> that, it is the best we can do without limited resources.

There's actually a good number of ways to get all pkgsrc packages upgraded
without taking a chance on failing, though they are all slightly involved:

http://wiki.netbsd.se/index.php/How_to_upgrade_packages