Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2002 20:24:24 -0500 (CDT) From: Conrad Sabatier <conrads@cox.net> To: Jens Rehsack <rehsack@liwing.de> Cc: Akinori MUSHA <knu@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: portupgrade suggestion Message-ID: <XFMail.20020622202424.conrads@cox.net> In-Reply-To: <3D138D4C.F57EEECF@liwing.de>
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On 21-Jun-2002 Jens Rehsack wrote:
>
> Conrad Sabatier wrote:
>
> Do you use the /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf to specify the packages to
> hold?
Well, yes, of course. That's what I was referring to, "held" packages.
> Than look:
>
> -f | --force Force the upgrade of a package even if it is
Right, but I assumed that, say, portsclean wouldn't touch a held package.
I was wrong.
> Ever save your configuration before using portupgrade.
Granted, part of this was just "bad housekeeping" on my part. I should
have made sure to save my customizations somewhere before doing anything.
>> Is there any chance of adding a switch or some other sort of
>> functionality that will tell portupgrade and friends that "I *really*
>> want this package held; don't touch it under any circumstances"?
>
> Yes: "portupgrade x" instead "portupgrade -f x", because -f tells
> portupgrade to force your wish against everything else it knows ...
Right, I understand all of the above. I *still* think it would be nice to
be able to tell portupgrade not to do *anything* with certain packages,
even with the -f switch.
Bit of background: the way one of these unfortunate incidents occurred was
when I did a "portupgrade -f" on an auto-generated list of installed
packages whose names had changed (for example from foo-gtk-gnome to just
foo-gnome). One of my held packages was included in the list, and bingo!
All my changes gone. Grrrr!
--
Conrad Sabatier <conrads@cox.net>
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