Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2022 09:17:16 +0200 From: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> To: tech-lists <tech-lists@zyxst.net> Cc: freebsd-pkg@freebsd.org Subject: Re: removing a pkg from pkg database without deleting the pkg itself Message-ID: <20220405071716.vdvxrwyqdjltvjtm@aniel.nours.eu> In-Reply-To: <Ykrx7YW9rmCez2LC@cloud9.zyxst.net> References: <Ykrx7YW9rmCez2LC@cloud9.zyxst.net>
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On Mon, Apr 04, 2022 at 02:26:05PM +0100, tech-lists wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to remove a pkg entry from the database so it's not managed by pkg. > Can't see a way to do this via pkg-delete(8) > > The reason for doing this is because this pkg has its own ecosystem and i'd like it > to manage the pkg, get updates and so on. > > One way around it would be to move the installation to a temp dir then > deleting the pkg then moving it back. I just wondered if there's a better > way? > > context: % pkg -v > 1.17.5 > > FreeBSD 14.0-CURRENT #0 main-n254097-388c12e3f4a arm64.aarch64 > > thanks > -- > J. pkg shell "delete from packages where name='youpackagename'" This will do the trick Best regards, Bapt
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