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Date:      Wed, 14 Jun 2017 11:33:05 -0700
From:      Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com>
To:        Bob Willcox <bob@immure.com>
Cc:        ports list <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: pkg delete of firefox fails: firefox-51.0.1_1, 1 is locked and may not be modified
Message-ID:  <CAN6yY1vnXVECHKh3eyrQpSB06HQm93ba8XHhqqmPy2ZGWeX7og@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20170614183003.GA5608@rancor.immure.com>
References:  <20170614183003.GA5608@rancor.immure.com>

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On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 11:30 AM, Bob Willcox <bob@immure.com> wrote:

> I'm trying to update firefox on my system but can't update it or even
> delete
> it. I get this result on pkg delete (for example):
>
> root@tavion:1 /usr/ports/www/firefox> pkg delete firefox
>
> firefox-51.0.1_1,1 is locked and may not be modified
> Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
> Package(s) not found!
>
> Now, I suspect that I am the one responsible for 'locking' it a few months
> back when I didn't want to inavertantly update it. Unfortunately I can't
> recall what I might have done to lock it (memory isn't what it used to be).
>
> Can someone shed some light on where/what this lock may be?
>
> Thanks,
> Bob
>
> --
> Bob Willcox    | Lawsuit, n.: A machine which you go into as a pig and
> bob@immure.com |    come out as a sausage.
> Austin, TX     |    -- Ambrose Bierce
>

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