From owner-freebsd-ports Sat Sep 14 22: 9: 2 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BFEC37B400 for ; Sat, 14 Sep 2002 22:09:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from wwweasel.geeksrus.net (wwweasel.geeksrus.net [64.8.210.226]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85F8843E42 for ; Sat, 14 Sep 2002 22:09:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from alane@wwweasel.geeksrus.net) Received: from wwweasel.geeksrus.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wwweasel.geeksrus.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id g8F57rkZ040577; Sun, 15 Sep 2002 01:07:53 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from alane@wwweasel.geeksrus.net) Received: (from alane@localhost) by wwweasel.geeksrus.net (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id g8F57rLl040553; Sun, 15 Sep 2002 01:07:53 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from alane) Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2002 01:07:52 -0400 From: Alan E To: paul beard Cc: FreeBSD Ports List Subject: Re: another ports question Message-ID: <20020915050752.GB89023@wwweasel.geeksrus.net> Reply-To: alane@geeksrus.net References: <3D82585B.8030003@mac.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3D82585B.8030003@mac.com> X-message-flag: Magic 8-Ball says "Outlook not so good." I'll ask it about Exchange next. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Sep 13, 2002 at 02:27:55PM -0700, paul beard wrote: >I get a lot of these for modules I have installed with CPAN: I can >read what it says, but specifying an origin means what? And force >seems like a bad idea: I think I tried it once and regretted it. > > ** The package 'bsdpan-CPAN-1.62' is held by user. >---> Skipping 'bsdpan-CPAN-1.62' (specify -f to force) Held means it's in the held packages array in /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf. Those are ports that won't be touched unless you give -f. Note there is not a simple way to say "for update everything except held ports", as -f does double duty, which IMO sucks. > No violence, gentlemen -- no violence, I beg of you! Consider >the furniture! > -- Sherlock Holmes Throw the chairs into the fireplace. -- Michael Stipe -- Alan Eldridge Unix/C(++) IT Pro, 20 yrs, seeking new employment. (http://wwweasel.geeksrus.net/~alane/resume.txt) KDE, KDE-FreeBSD Teams (http://www.kde.org, http://freebsd.kde.org/) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message