Ideas and questions on pkgsrc

[Ed Berger]

On 4/13/2010 3:33 AM, Chris Turner wrote:

Can't you do this if you have the right make targets (e.g. check binary
packages first) and pkg_rolling-replace?
I don't think anyone yet has a proper tool or script to do this 
reliably.  A while back, when I tried one suggested with rolling-replace 
in the dragonfly-digest noted from pkgsrc mails, which probably just 
used the source packages. It became obvious to me it wasn't tested 
before being recommended, nor end user friendly and reliable on 
DragonFly, to deal with software updating issues.   I ended up with a 
hosed system.   I wouldn't mind this solution, if it was easy to setup, 
safe, and effective.

I think the problem you mean is more is 'mass upgrades from binary
packages in a remote location' ..
I'd expect an average user or sysadmin would prefer the speed and 
simplicity of this, if you keep the last known working binaries online 
when newer versions are broken.   I wouldn't mind seeing a publicly 
posted link to the pkgsrc mk.conf file used to build the binary 
packages, so they can be duplicated easily and adjusted locally as the 
sysadmin sees fit.