question about packages installation

Justin C. Sherrill justin at shiningsilence.com
Tue Aug 29 07:14:01 PDT 2006


On Tue, August 29, 2006 8:44 am, Saverio Iacovelli wrote:

> Ok, the command work, but perhaps there is still a
> problem of pkgsrc.
> If you install a package contained in
> ftp://packages.stura.uni-rostock.de/pkgsrc-current/DragonFly/1.6.0-RELEASE/i386/All
> directory, and you need install a dependent package
> contained in
> ftp://packages.stura.uni-rostock.de/pkgsrc-current/DragonFly/1.6.0-RELEASE/i386/vulnerable
> directory, then installation of this second package
> fails because pkg_add is in All directory.

pkgsrc will never (to my knowledge) automatically install a package that
is marked as vulnerable.  You have to explicitly issue the command.






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