On 2025/02/20 22:49, Kirill A. Korinsky wrote: > On Thu, 20 Feb 2025 22:45:21 +0100, > Courtney <courtney@courtnix.systems> wrote: > > > > I don't remember where I saw it either, but when I first used OpenBSD > > around 2018 some of > > the first websites I came across specified `pkg_add -Uu` to update > > packages. Some people > > out there putting false commands on their blog posts. > > > > I think that the root cause of this is this wording: > > Install new packages in a hurry, updating their dependencies first, using > option -U. > > it reads for me, as non native english speaker, in a way that it speeds up > an update.
The speed-up is by avoiding the need to do a full "pkg_add -u" run before installing a new package. The problem is that updating dependencies to satisfy requirements of a newly installed package _may_ break other packages on the system. I haven't been able to come up with any alternative wording that doesn't make me want to just delete the option, though...
