[Bug 286107] ports-mgmt/pkg: improvement request: only install files whose checksum have changed

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=286107

--- Comment #3 from p5B2EA84B3@t-online.de ---
(In reply to Baptiste Daroussin from comment #1)
> this is already what pkg does, with more checks that what you describe. because this is a bit more complex.

Obviously pkg fails to check if a port has changed resulting in completely
unnecessary de-installation, new downloading and "re-installation". The number
of ports affected may be large and the volume of downloads can be huge (> 1
GB!!).
This may lead to other errors and complications due to network problems or
buggy behavior of recent pkg versions. 

As this affects all users of pkg please increase 
 Importance:    --- Affects Only Me ---> Affects many people

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