Update pkgsrc

you can update an individual package by pkg_delete -f'ing it, then doing make reinstall.  that would get a bit tedious with a bunch of out of date stuff though.

I remember pkg_chk being a very handy tool for updating, I'm gonna go have a look at it now, as my packages need a bit of updating .

I'll report back.  and I just realized you're on IRC so I'll bring this convo over there.

I'm still pretty sure pkg_delete -f only removes the pkg you specify, even if something depends on it.  that is all, it doesn't remove anything else.  so if you pkg_delete -f and then make reinstall what you just pkg_deleted, you have the updated version.

I checked out pkg_chk last night.  I ran pkg_chk -u which claims to update any missing packages (missing?).  it ran fine besides a few errors about missing stuff, which I had to manually install, then run pkg_chk -u again, which resumed from where I left off.  I think you're supposed to run pkg_chk -a before -u, since it says it adds any missing stuff, but who knows.  it rebuilt a bunch of weird stuff too, like nicotine, which didn't get updated.  and I don't think there's any way to specify a certain package to update with it.  hum.