The Life of a Sysadmin

• When running in upgrade mode, there's no way to turn off endless repetitions of "Do you want to remove this package?" Since I asked you to upgrade, the answer is yes.

• Amusingly different names for packages depending on the context:

  $ pkg-get foo Can't install foo; need newer version of libbar. $ pkg-get libbar No such package. $ pkg-get -a |grep bar Barlib The libraries of bar.

• Hidden abilities, like the ability to upgrade selectively if you want. Whee — doesn't say so, but pkg-get -u foo does work. Supported? Who knows?

(Edit: corrected name of Blastwave's package manager. So much for the moral high ground…:-)