Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2025 00:19:33 +0200 From: Jan Bramkamp <crest@rlwinm.de> To: freebsd-pkgbase@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "pkg update -rFreeBSD-base" with FreeBSD-base disabled does not actually update; it does with FreeBSD-base enabled Message-ID: <7a68a306-1488-4a03-bd07-f150439b13ae@rlwinm.de> In-Reply-To: <D1FBC8A7-18A7-436E-B04B-26A9457C5C2C@yahoo.com> References: <D1FBC8A7-18A7-436E-B04B-26A9457C5C2C.ref@yahoo.com> <D1FBC8A7-18A7-436E-B04B-26A9457C5C2C@yahoo.com>
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On 24.10.25 23:35, Mark Millard wrote: > I'll remind that "man 8 pkg-update" reports: > > QUOTE > -r reponame, --repository reponame > Download the catalogue for the named repository only. This will > update only the named repository, irrespective of the configured > “enabled” status from repo.conf. > END QUOTE > > That last does not appear to be the case. I've seen the same problem with pkg install -r <repo> and disabled repos in the past with pkg 2.2.x. The man page may claim you can use a disabled repo selected on the command line, but it doesn't work.help
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