bin/72485: pkg_add -r unnecessarily downloads package
Nehal Mistry
nehalmistry at gmx.net
Sun Oct 10 08:30:26 PDT 2004
>Number: 72485
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: pkg_add -r unnecessarily downloads package
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
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>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Sun Oct 10 15:30:25 GMT 2004
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Nehal Mistry
>Release: FreeBSD 5.3-BETA7 i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD Nehal 5.3-BETA7 FreeBSD 5.3-BETA7 #0: Sat Oct 2 21:01:00 UTC 2004 root at wv1u.samsco.home:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386
>Description:
'pkg_add -r' first retrieves the package, and then checks to see if a
package by the same name is already installed. it would be more convenient
if it did the check first, so it doesn't waste time/bandwidth downloading
if not necessary.
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