Question about packages installed via `pkg_add -r`

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On 5 March 2011 20:00, Yue Wu <vanopen at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, sorry for poor English, I will try to explan clearer with my
> best.
>
> On Sat, Mar 05, 2011 at 04:48:17PM +0100, Greg Byshenk wrote:
>> On Sat, Mar 05, 2011 at 11:04:36PM +0800, Yue Wu wrote:
>>
>> > I'm trying to use package instead of ports these day, but a few
>> > questions have:
>> >
>> > 1. How to reserve packages that fetched via `pkg_add -r`?
>> >
>> > 2. How to know if there are updates for packages, and how to update?
>>
>> For (1), do you mean 'preserve', as in save a copy?  If so, then
>> 'portmaster -b [...]' will save a backup copy of installed packages.
>
> Yes, I mean 'preserve'. I've maned portmaster, seems -b is for a
> installed package, so it will preserve it by packing up the files from a
> installed package, why not preserve it just when fetching with `pkg_add
> -r`? I think it's the best way, I don't like the portmaster way to do it
> after.

from man 1 pkg_add:

     -K, --keep
             Keep any downloaded package in PKGDIR if it is defined or in cur-
             rent directory by default.


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