Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:35:49 +0200 From: Nikos Vassiliadis <nvass@gmx.com> To: vermaden <vermaden@interia.pl>, "freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: pkg upgrade with inverting match? Message-ID: <78216885-a40b-4247-94f3-0c0fd6cba7bd@gmx.com> In-Reply-To: <lsbeaiwlskwlprcnbmye@swnc> References: <59ce425f-77a5-409f-a307-b54541addc90@gmx.com> <lsbeaiwlskwlprcnbmye@swnc>
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On 3/19/26 12:14, vermaden wrote: > Hi. > > > Temat: pkg upgrade with inverting match? > Data: 2026-03-19 10:34 > Nadawca: "Nikos Vassiliadis" <nvass@gmx.com> > Adresat: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org; > > >>> Hi, >> >> Is there a way to invert a match when upgrading? Since I've started >> using pkgbase I find myself wanting to upgrade only non-base packages >> and I haven't found a quick way to do it. It would be great to have >> an option to invert -g or -x matches. >> >> Thanks, >> Nikos > > You can upgrade only with specified 'FreeBSD-ports' and 'FreeBSD-ports-kmods' repos: > > root@freebsd15:~ # pkg upg -r FreeBSD-ports -r FreeBSD-ports-kmods > Updating FreeBSD-ports repository catalogue... > FreeBSD-ports repository is up to date. > Updating FreeBSD-ports-kmods repository catalogue... > FreeBSD-ports-kmods repository is up to date. > FreeBSD-ports, FreeBSD-ports-kmods are up to date. > Checking for upgrades (0 candidates): 100% > Processing candidates (0 candidates): 100% > Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting) > Your packages are up to date. > > So PKGBASE 'Base System' will not be upgraded because its in the 'FreeBSD-base' repo. Hi vermaden, Oh yes, that does what I asked for. Thank you! For completeness reasons I think it would be nice to add an option to pkg to invert matches. Maybe it should invert -r as well! Regards, Nikoshome | help
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