Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2014 00:45:43 +0200 From: "Michael Ross" <gmx@ross.cx> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, "Andrew Berg" <aberg010@my.hennepintech.edu> Subject: Re: Forcing pkg Message-ID: <op.xlmuuhf7g7njmm@michael-think> In-Reply-To: <540796D3.7010809@my.hennepintech.edu> References: <op.xlmtzqlwg7njmm@michael-think> <540796D3.7010809@my.hennepintech.edu>
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On Thu, 04 Sep 2014 00:31:47 +0200, Andrew Berg <aberg010@my.hennepintech.edu> wrote: > On 2014.09.03 17:27, Michael Ross wrote: >> Is there any equivalent to "pkg_add --force"? > According to the pkg-add(8) manpage, the -M switch seems to be what > you're > looking for. Half of it. -M should take care of missing dependencies, but --force used to override stuff like "already installed" ( this would be pkg -f now ) and "conflicts with X" too ( this is missing as far as I can see ). Michael
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