Martti Kuparinen --> tech-pkg (2005-01-14 13:46:20 +0200):
> Hi!
> 
> Let's assume we have the following packages installed:
> 
> 
> libXXX1    libXXX2
>    |       |
>    libXXX3 |  libXXX4
>          | |  |     |
>          appXXX5    appXXX6
> 
> 
> Now libXXX1 and libXXX4 need to be updated. Do we have a tool to perform
> this in an optimized way? In other words, something like this:
> 
> # pkg_update libXXX1 libXXX4
> [ Remove appXXX6, appXXX5, libXXX4, libXXX3, libXXX1 ]
> [ Install libXXX1, libXXX3, libXXX4, appXXX5, appXXX6 ]
> 
> I'm thinking about writing a tool to do that (I already have something
> ready) but before I make my script "pkgsrc ready" (=production quality)
> I want to know I'm not re-inventing the wheel...

IMHO such a tool would be very useful. But, shouldn't a

	$ export UPDATE_TARGET=bin-install
	$ cd .../libXXX1 && make update
	$ cd .../libXXX4 && make update

do almost the same (yes, not optimal, but at least no package is
built more than once)?

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