Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 11:04:33 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: upgrading ports, skipping or deferring from automatic upgrades Message-ID: <20040522100433.GC3286@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20040522045957.GM77307@cashmere.blitzed.org> References: <20040522045957.GM77307@cashmere.blitzed.org>
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On Sat, May 22, 2004 at 04:59:57AM +0000, Andy Smith wrote:
> On the other hand, is there maybe a simple way to tell portupgrade
> *never* to upgrade specific ports unless they are forced or
> specified singly?
There is. That's what the HOLD_PKGS array in
/usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf is for. That will stop portupgrade
attempting to upgrade that package (or pkgdb or portversion doing
their things). Use the -f/--force flag to override the held status.
Cheers,
Matthew
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