pkg install less convenient than should be, as of yet...

[Jeffrey Bouquet]

On 09/01/2015 03:03, Mathieu Arnold wrote:
> +--On 31 août 2015 17:54:08 -0700 Jeffrey Bouquet via freebsd-pkg
> <freebsd-pkg at freebsd.org> wrote:
> | Needed again:
> | 
> | pkg-static install foo foo foo foo
> | 
> | Sometimes pulls in qt4, this time java.   So for instance,
> | "foo" are 30 or so (typical...) they have to be done five
> | at a time because no information is given
> | 
> | NEW
> | 
> | UPGRADED
> | 
> | REINSTALLED
> | 
> | 
> | which of the UPGRADED   or REINSTALLED are
> | the "problem"   (NEW)  (typcally, here,
> |  one of 20 or 40 or 60...)  and can be skipped.
> | 
> | ...
> | so some reason given for each item in NEW,  or an option to
> | one-by-one confirm (y ? y? y? showing the consequence of
> | each action (portmaster style, if one will... ) 
>
> Before installing new packages, run pkg upgrade.  After that, it will not
> ask you to upgrade bits of your system.
>
# script typescript-DATE pkg upgrade

pkg upgrade is a no-op [ ...an edge case here of
a single desktop with a close control about
which large dependencies get pulled in
because of disk space on the backups,
AND numerous ports installed that could
throw complexities into the
backup schemes...     ]
*because* it installs the qt4, or java, and consumes more
disk space and time...  too many ports installed here VS the easier way
(here at
least) of substituting pkg install... 

Sorry for the hasty answer.  Everything is hurried today.