Re: git: 988da7290c99 - main - ./UPDATING: mention the python default version change

On 6/3/24 06:45, Baptiste Daroussin wrote:
> On Wed 29 May 14:20, Ruslan Makhmatkhanov wrote:
>> +  For users of pre-build packages:
>> +  # sh
>> +  # for i in $(pkg query -g %n 'py39-*'); do pkg set -yn ${i}:py311-${i#py39-}; done
> 
> I don't think it is a good advice at all, pkg set should not be necessary at
> all, what case are we trying to fix by providing this advice?

When I first ran 'pkg upgrade', pkg told me that it wanted to uninstall kde.
I said no.  I looked in UPDATING, ran that line of code, and then ran 'pkg
upgrade' again and it worked without uninstalling kde.

I agree that it *should* not be necessary, but it was necessary for me.

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