On Tue, Dec 05, 2006 at 10:13:38AM +0100, Karel Kulhavy wrote: > The manpage further says "use -F update to force the replacement" > When I use pkg_add -r -F update transcode-1.0.2p0.tgz, I get the same errors. > > Why doesn't pkg_add do what's written in the manpage?
It does, but you can't read. The manpage says: Among other things, pkg_add will refuse to replace packages as soon as it needs to run scripts that might fail (use -F update to force the replacement); Why do you assume the parenthesized comment, which is plainly part of a longer sentence, stands on its own ? In that specific case, you're trying to mix up stuff you installed manually with packages. pkg_add chooses not to do anything. The rationale is, if you're smart enough to install stuff on your own, then you're smart enough to remove them on your own. It's even helpful enough to give you a full list of colliding files. I should add that I'm *really* getting fed up fast of your messages here. I don't know, maybe you don't really speak english, but you come across as downright insulting to the people who actually put together the system you're using. Maybe our documentation isn't perfect, but since you don't even bother to read it for real, you can't really grasp what's going on. How about you start with an apology and simple questions ? Don't assume you `know', this system does work just fine for a big bunch of people... but it's not debian/redhat/whatever, so it does things differently. You don't like what you see ? go away ! see if we care...
