From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 19 20:56:01 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 072CD106564A for ; Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:56:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd06+X7=98ace331@mlists.homeunix.com) Received: from mxout-03.mxes.net (mxout-03.mxes.net [216.86.168.178]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C55638FC12 for ; Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:56:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd06+X7=98ace331@mlists.homeunix.com) Received: from gumby.homeunix.com. (unknown [87.81.140.128]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.mxes.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CC4723E498 for ; Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:55:59 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:55:57 +0100 From: RW To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080719215557.3546a5a1@gumby.homeunix.com.> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.5.0 (GTK+ 2.12.11; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: How to prevent certain gnome apps from being installed ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:56:01 -0000 On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:26:42 +0200 wrote: > Every time gnome desktop is upgraded via portupgrade it reinstalls a > bunch of applications that I had previously removed using pkg_delete. > > For example, since I only use firefox as my browser there's no need > to also have epiphany nor galeon. However, by default they are always > reinstalled. > > I've tried using the HOLD_PKGS array in pkgtools.conf to prevent > this, but to no avail. > > What to do? Have you tried: WITH_GECKO=firefox