Re: pear install alpha to beta
| From: | Helgi Þormar | Date: | Sun, 09 Jan 2005 10:08:43 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: pear install alpha to beta | ||
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On Sun, 2005-01-09 at 09:41, bertrand Gugger wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> As the installed package 'Net_Monitor' was an alpha 0.0.8,
> I tried to install the new beta 0.1.0:
>
> # pear -d preferred_state=beta install Net_Monitor
> Package 'Net_Monitor' already installed, skipping
>
> Why so much hate ?
> I was saying I prefer beta
> Anyway an alpha is so named because it solves lot of stuff (without BBC)
> Don't understand why we need to force in this case, alpha to beta is a
> true upgrade !
>
> # pear -d preferred_state=beta install -f Net_Monitor
> downloading Net_Monitor-0.1.0.tgz ...
> Starting to download Net_Monitor-0.1.0.tgz (11,222 bytes)
> .....done: 11,222 bytes
> install ok: Net_Monitor 0.1.0
>
> I can fill a feature request if you mean it's usefull.
Maybe you haven't heard about our upgrade feature ? ;)
- Helgi