Swaret/Pkgtool confusion and a source compile query

dos1 · 10-20-2003, 04:23 AM

This swaret tool is confusing me just a little...more to do with pkgtool however.

I downloaded swaret and set it up. Did "swaret --update" then I thought, hmmm...."swaret --do-all xmms" then hmmmm "swaret --do-all fluxbox". The packages downloaded and I used pkgtool to install them, now I am left wondering...did I install a kind of patch or did it just install a new package leaving the older (I had both xmms and fluxbox previously installed) versions hidden away on my harddrive. Could someone please tell me also if I am correct in using the above "swaret --do-all XXX" to update a program as that is what I intended to do.
And another thing...if I download source to a program, and the file is say "sourceexample-i386.tar.gz" can I put "march=athlon" on the end of anything to sort of optimise it for my processor or is it stuck in 386 mode?

Jacob

Azmeen · 10-20-2003, 08:59 PM

If you did a swaret --help and/or swaret --morehelp... you would have gotten your answers a long long time ago.

swaret --upgrade KEYWORD -a
Upgrade installed Packages matching KEYWORD (auto)

ie. swaret --upgrade xmms -a will upgrade your XMMS automatically.

yapp · 10-21-2003, 05:26 AM

But how can I use swaret to upgrade every package that has been updated?

it seams like the syntax of swaret had changed..

in 1.3.2, I was able to type "swaret --upgrade", if I'm not mistaken

nuzzy · 10-21-2003, 06:51 AM

"swaret --upgrade -a"