Re: How do I update all my installed packages from source?

[Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost>]

Andrew Cagney <andrew.cagney%gmail.com@localhost> writes:

> It seems the magic (emphasis on the word magic) command is something like:
>   pkg_rolling-replace -u
> - can that be documented?

did you not read down to
  https://wiki.netbsd.org/pkgsrc/how_to_upgrade_packages/#index7h2
?

It has a man page.

> - can 'make replace' at the top level invoke it?

No.   make replace is a unit operating that replaces  one package.
pkg_rr is a script that invokes make replace on all packages needing it,
in the right order.