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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.