From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 17 21:48:55 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31C7216A41F for ; Fri, 17 Jun 2005 21:48:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mark@mark-and-erika.com) Received: from dc1.ihostsxode.net (dc1.ihostsxode.net [208.254.27.249]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E20D343D1D for ; Fri, 17 Jun 2005 21:48:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mark@mark-and-erika.com) X-Envelope-From: mark@mark-and-erika.com X-Scanned-By: eDoxs Corp Received: from millerlite.local.mark-and-erika.com (guinness.local.mark-and-erika.com [151.205.245.38]) by dc1.ihostsxode.net (8.13.4/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j5HLcmaJ006734; Fri, 17 Jun 2005 17:38:48 -0400 Received: from millerlite.local.mark-and-erika.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by millerlite.local.mark-and-erika.com (8.13.3/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j5HLmfXF046015; Fri, 17 Jun 2005 17:48:41 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mark@mark-and-erika.com) Received: (from mfrank@localhost) by millerlite.local.mark-and-erika.com (8.13.3/8.13.1/Submit) id j5HLmfK6046014; Fri, 17 Jun 2005 17:48:41 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mark@mark-and-erika.com) Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 17:48:41 -0400 From: Mark Frank To: Glenn Dawson Message-ID: <20050617214841.GD1261@millerlite.local.mark-and-erika.com> Mail-Followup-To: Glenn Dawson , Steven Lake , questions@freebsd.org References: <200506171645.04647.steven.lake@voyager.net> <6.1.0.6.2.20050617134748.10b0c170@cobalt.antimatter.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <6.1.0.6.2.20050617134748.10b0c170@cobalt.antimatter.net> X-Certified: Outgoing email is certified Windows Free. X-Unexpected-Header: The Spanish Inquisition X-System: FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Cc: questions@freebsd.org, Steven Lake Subject: Re: Blocking ports from upgrade 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: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 21:48:55 -0000 * On Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 01:48:12PM -0700 Glenn Dawson wrote: > At 01:45 PM 6/17/2005, Steven Lake wrote: > > Just curious about how to block portupgrade from upgrading > >certain files when you cvsup your ports and tell it to upgrade > >everything? I've got a few programs that refuse to work with the newer > >version so I have to copy the older version back in to make it work > >again. I'd like to just block it from upgrading those programs until I > >absolutely must upgrade. Is there some way to mark them as being port > >that should be ignored? Thanks in advance for the info. > > > Looks like the -x option to portupgrade will do the trick. A more permanent solution is HOLD_PKGS in /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf Mark -- "The fix is only temporary...unless it works." - Red Green