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From: "Chris H" <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com>
Subject: Re: I want to tell pkg to just forget about an installed port
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2015 08:45:41 -0700
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On Fri, 27 Mar 2015 09:41:21 -0400 Richard Kuhns <rjk@wintek.com> wrote

> Hello,
> 
> How can I tell pkg to completely forget about an installed port, without
> deleting it?
> 
> Specifically, I installed net-mgmt/observium a couple of months ago. I
> really like it and have paid for a subscription so what is currently on
> disk is mostly *not* what was installed by the port, so I'd like to tell
> pkg to forget about it.
You're most probably interested in: lock
see pkg(8) for details on how, and where to set this option (command).

--Chris
> 
> Thanks!
> 
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