pkgbase update and progress

[Garrett Wollman]

On August 11, 2017 10:57:35 AM GMT+03:00, Matthew Seaman <matthew at FreeBSD.org> wrote:

>I think etcupdate(8) has a longer history and people are more familiar
>with it whereas the 3-way merge code in pkg(8) has been exercised
>relatively rarely.  There's also considerations about how this would
>fit
>into various different workflows -- everything from people that only
>ever download the standard pre-compiled packages for a release, to
>developers trying to cross-build highly customized embedded systems.
>Having a 'merge' step that is separated from the 'install' step seems
>advantageous in that it allows a point where people can substitute in
>their own alternatives for managing /etc files.


Maybe it should be called a "configure" phase for consistency with other package managers.