unreliable pkg upgrade of pecl / pear packages after flavors

[Mathieu Arnold]

On Tue, Apr 03, 2018 at 05:07:22AM -0700, David Wolfskill wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 03, 2018 at 01:59:50PM +0200, Mathieu Arnold wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 02, 2018 at 10:14:06PM +0200, Miroslav Lachman wrote:
> > > UPDATING entry says it should be upgraded automatically but it was not.
> > > 
> > > "People using Poudriere 3.2+ and binary packages do not have to do
> > > anything."
> > 
> > Mmmmm, well, this sentence is partly right, and partly wrong.
> > 
> > If you install a PHP app, say wordpress, you do not have anything to do
> > because pkg will install the new pecl package and remove the old ones.
> > 
> > On the other hand, if you install php/pear/pecl ports manually, you do
> > have to rename them.
> > 
> > I will update the UPDATING entry.
> > ....
> 
> How would someone performing only binary package updates know to look at
> ports/UPDATING, and how would that be done?  Such an installation may
> well not have /usr/ports at all.

I assumed pkg updating worked without a /usr/ports, seems I was wrong.


-- 
Mathieu Arnold
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