Profiles updates/
directory
The files in the updates/
directory are organized by quarters of years
and are named <quarter>Q-<year>
, e.g. 1Q-2010
(quarter count is one-based).
These files are simple text files, where each line contains one of the following commands. Note that these only cause the package manager to adjust its metadata, the actual changes to the package have to be done manually.
Command | Description |
---|---|
move oldcat/oldpkg newcat/newpkg
|
Indicates the packages has been renamed, moved to another category, or both. |
slotmove spec oldslot newslot
|
Indicates that the package matching dependency specification spec
has changed slots.
|