openbsd update

[CTho9305]

Is there a quick way to uninstall & reinstall all of my packages (for 3.6->3.7)? I have a bunch, and manually adding them all would be a big waste of time.

 

[n0cmonkey]

I think there is a way to tell pkg_add to use a textfile as a list of packages to install. I can't remember where the docs are on that though, or if it uses ports instead of pre-compiled packages.

Uninstalling is pretty simple. Just a for loop, and I think the -f flag in pkg_delete. You could probably do the same for packages, just knowing the versions is a PITA.

I don't usually keep the same list of packages installed on every upgrade, except for small things like screen and vim.

After 3.7, the -r flag should work fine for updating packages.

 

[CTho9305]

can I do "pkg_add mozilla" and it will get 1.7.5 or 1.6 or whatever is current?

 

[kamper]

From what I understand, you have to use the full version and file extension in the package name. Package names here and just point PKG_PATH to the appropriate directory on your mirror of choice. That's my minimal experience anyways, n0cmonkey is, of course, the one who knows.

And n0cmonkey, are you saying that you essentially tear down all your installed packages every major release?

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: kamper
From what I understand, you have to use the full version and file extension in the package name. Package names here and just point PKG_PATH to the appropriate directory on your mirror of choice. That's my minimal experience anyways, n0cmonkey is, of course, the one who knows.

And n0cmonkey, are you saying that you essentially tear down all your installed packages every major release?

I try to reinstall all packages whenever I update. It's the proper thing to do.

I think package name wwildcards are in the works, but either not working yet or in -current.

 

[CTho9305]

Ok, so that's pretty much useless then... what I did (before posting this thread) was:

ls /var/db/pkg/ > packages.txt
rm -rf /usr/include/g++
pkg_something to delete them all in one shot
sed -e "s/^/pkg_add/" packages.txt > doit
sh doit

Then I went through and fixed the version number for each package as it failed. It was tedious.

 

[Nothinman]

<3 apt

=)

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: Nothinman
<3 apt

=)

The ports/packages system has gotten better with 3.7 and beyond.

 

[Nothinman]

I would be surprised if it hadn't, but do you still have to specify the entire package, including version, when installing?

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: Nothinman
I would be surprised if it hadn't, but do you still have to specify the entire package, including version, when installing?

I'm not sure. I don't have access to an OpenBSD machine at the moment. I think so though. IIRC, that is being worked on.