Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 15:15:24 -0400
From: Dubiousjim <lists+alpine-devel@jimpryor.net>
To: Timo Teras <timo.teras@iki.fi>
Cc: alpine-devel@lists.alpinelinux.org
Subject: Re: [alpine-devel] Questions about apk CMD -U
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On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 08:43:43PM +0200, Timo Teras wrote:
> the -U flag always does the one and same thing. It executes
>  "apk update"
> before running the real command.
> 
> ...
> 
> commit 59d222d - upgrade: perform upgrade of apk-tools first if available
> is dated Sat Jan 1 15:48:10 2011 +0200 which is first included in
> apk-tools version 2.1.0.
> 
> So the feature was first present in Alpine Linux 2.3.0_rc1.
> 
> If you are updating the apk-tools wiki page, please describe the package
> "pinning" syntax too. This is the "apk add foo@edge" style syntax.

Thanks Timo, this enabled me to fix some confusing/incorrect statements
in the wiki. (Some but not all introduced by me.)

The "apk add asterisk=1.6.0.21-r0" and "apk add 'asterisk<1.6.1'" syntax
is already described at
http://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Alpine_Linux_package_management

I'm not familiar with the "apk add foo@edge" syntax. What if my
/etc/apk/repositories file looks like this:

    /var/lib/packages/main
    /var/lib/packages/testing
    http://nl.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main
    http://nl.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing

I assume that the "... foo@edge" syntax will force whatever foo package
is in one of the last two repositories to be counted as most recent. But
which one? Does it look at both of them? What else is usable in the
"@edge" position of "foo@edge"? I assume "@v2.4" is also usable. What
about "@main" or "@testing"? If you want to point me to the release
notes describing this functionality, or write up a quick explanation,
I'll be glad to format it and merge it into the wiki.

-- 
Dubiousjim
dubiousjim@gmail.com


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